Sarah Lucas ('Self-Portrait with Mug of Tea')
3 of 15 portraits of Sarah Lucas
© Sarah Lucas
Sarah Lucas ('Self-Portrait with Mug of Tea')
by Sarah Lucas
Iris print, 1993
27 1/4 in. x 20 7/8 in. (693 mm x 529 mm) overall
Given by Sadie Coles HQ, 2001
Primary Collection
NPG P884(3)
Sitterback to top
- Sarah Lucas (1962-), Artist. Sitter in 15 portraits, Artist or producer of 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sarah Lucas (1962-), Artist. Artist or producer of 12 portraits, Sitter in 15 portraits.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Sarah Lucas Self-Portraits (19 March 2011 - 11 September 2011)
Events of 1993back to top
Current affairs
The Conservative Party is attacked in the media for 'sleaze'. Two MP's resign over sex scandals, two over the 'cash-for-questions affair', and one dies in bizarre and embarrassing circumstances. Journalist Max Clifford was responsible for exposing many of the scandals.Black teenager Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racist attack by a gang of white youths.
Art and science
Rachel Whiteread wins the Turner Prize for her sculpture House; a concrete cast of the inside of a Victorian terraced house in East London. Controversy was caused by the work itself, by it winning the Turner Prize, and by the decision of Tower Hamlets council to demolish the sculpture.British inventor James Dyson revolutionises the vacuum cleaner with his eponymous design.
International
Czechoslovakia is divided into two countries: the Slovak Republic (Slovakia) and the Czech Republic. The division was peaceful and democratic and so became known as the 'Velvet Divorce', recalling the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989 by which Communism in Czechoslovakia was overthrown through peaceful mass demonstrations.Comments back to top
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