Sarah Lucas has challenged sexual stereotypes in a series of provocative self-portraits. She turns against the
art-historical tradition of the female seductress or muse, and presents
herself in a deliberately androgynous, and occasionally aggressive, series of poses. She adopts masculine gestures
and stances, and shows herself in unisex clothing like jeans and T-shirts.
These images also raise questions about the role and appearance of the modern artist. In contrast to the stereotype of the artist as an anguished male, Lucas shows herself as an ordinary person in emphatically ordinary surroundings.