Is This Art? Is Sarah Lucas a Sculptor?

The front page of Art News on Tuesday announced that that Sarah Lucas had just won a $400,000 prize from New York’s New Museum. “The award,” the article said, “officially titled the Hostetler/Wrigley Sculpture Award after New Museum trustee Sue Hostetler Wrigley, will be given to five women artists over the next decade. The prize’s purse includes an honorarium for the winner, as well as production, installation, and exhibition fees associated with the sculptures commissioned through it.” Click here.

I’ve been to the New Museum at least a dozen times. They’ve had some good shows. But most of them I’d describe as trying too hard to be “of the moment.” So, I was curious to see the type of work Lucas does.

Here’s an example:

Here’s another one:

Prediction: This is Lucas’s 15 minutes. Her work will find its way into various warehouses within 10 years and never see the light of a museum window thereafter.