Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab
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Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab is a provocative 1992 sculpture by British artist Sarah Lucas that uses everyday food items arranged on a table to evoke and critique sexualized representations of the female body.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
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sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | installation ⓘ |
| artisticIntent |
critique of sexualized representations of the female body
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provocation of viewers ⓘ |
| artisticMovementContext | British art of the early 1990s ⓘ |
| artisticStrategy | use of readymade everyday materials ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British feminist art
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London art scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Sarah Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorGender | female ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
British popular culture
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lad culture of the 1990s ⓘ |
| depicts |
female breasts
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female genitalia ⓘ stylized female torso ⓘ |
| displayMedium | tabletop arrangement ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | exhibited in contemporary art galleries ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | discourse on feminist art in the 1990s ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1992 ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
commentary on pornography
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critique of consumer culture ⓘ satire of male gaze ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfDepicted | tabletop ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female body
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sexualized representation ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
fried eggs
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kebab meat ⓘ table ⓘ |
| movement | Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Young British Artists
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provocative and confrontational imagery ⓘ use of food to evoke female anatomy ⓘ |
| partOf | Sarah Lucas’s early 1990s body of work ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Self Portrait with Fried Eggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
body image
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feminism ⓘ gender stereotypes ⓘ objectification of women ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ |
| uses | everyday food items ⓘ |
| visualContrast | banal food and charged sexual meaning ⓘ |
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