Self-portraits with cigarettes

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Self-portraits with cigarettes is a series of provocative photographic self-portraits by British artist Sarah Lucas that challenge gender norms and explore identity through a raw, confrontational aesthetic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
photographic series
self-portrait series
artMovement Young British Artists NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Sarah Lucas NERFINISHED
depicts Sarah Lucas NERFINISHED
androgynous appearance
cigarette
female body
exploresTheme female identity
gender stereotypes
power dynamics
representation of women in art
sexual politics
social norms
genre conceptual art
contemporary art
portrait photography
hasQuality anti-glamour
confrontational
ironic
provocative
raw aesthetic
subversive
intendedEffect challenge gender norms
provoke viewer
question identity constructs
languageOfWork visual
mainSubject body politics
femininity
gender norms
identity
masculinity
self-portrait
sexuality
medium photography
movementContext British art of the 1990s
usesMotif cigarette
everyday objects
usesTechnique self-portraiture
visualStyle direct gaze
minimal staging
stark
unvarnished

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Sarah Lucas notableWork Self-portraits with cigarettes