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Artist Influence

I have focused on Sarah Lucas' work with tights as it correlates with my own project, Nylon People. In Nice Tits Lucas stuffs a number of tights into rough circle shapes with a knot at the front, which are then displayed on a wire gate suspended above a pair of knee high boots. Lucas plays with a number of themes throughout her work, including humour and sexuality. I find Lucas' work to have a tactile element and I believe this to be through the nature of the materials used. The tights are a delicate and intimate material that can be a stark contraditction when used alongside dirty objects or rough materials, such as the wire gate in Nice Tits

Sarah Lucas

Nice Tits (2011)

Bunny gets snookered (1997)

In Bunny gets snookered nylon tights are stuffed to resemble legs, these strange thin limbs are draped over a chair to create this eerie sculpture. The legs are almost animal like, however within the setting have more human characteristics. This sculpture is overtly sexual given the legs are splayed open, which is a common theme throughout Lucas' work. Many of Lucas' sculptures made from tights have been altered in many ways by the public, from the tactile nature of the piece people have been found pulling and squeezing the work itself. Keeping this in mind when creating my project, I have attempted to make the "dolls" durable and encouraged people to interact with my work.

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