Julian Simmons Bücher

This catalogue accompanies the British Pavilion solo exhibit at the Venice Biennale in 2015 (9 May - 22 November 2015).Sarah Lucas' works for the British Pavilion reprise and reinvent the themes that have come to define her powerfully irreverent art - gender, death, sex, and the innuendo residing in everyday objects.Throughout this latest group of works, the body - sexual, comedic, majestic - remains a crucial point of return, while Lucas's work continues to confront big themes with a distinctive wit.'Humour is about negotiating the contradictions thrown up by convention. To a certain extent humour and seriousness are interchangeable. Otherwise it wouldn't be funny. Or devastating.' - Sarah LucasThe catalogue also includes text by Sarah Lucas and poems by D.H. Lawrence.Photography by Julian Simmons.

Alden Rowe's adventure begins with the mysterious disappearance of his grandpa, leading him to a magical writing table. This enchanted object transports him through fantastical realms filled with exploding lanterns, time-shifting cities, and dark fairy-infested burrows. As Alden encounters vibrant characters, he uncovers secrets that unlock the table's hidden powers, complicating his quest and forcing him into a thrilling race against time to discover his grandpa's fate.

In 1955, inspired by a televised automobile advertisement, twelve-year-old Sara Hellerud and her twin sister Susie took up dancing. Like the pair of huckstering ballerinas who sailed over the Buick, they vaulted over milk cans and barbed wire. The TV dancers had provided an irresistible contrast to the workaday world of their family's dairy farm in Polk County, Wisconsin. This and other fantasies shared by the twins enabled them to dance through a tense childhood and adolescence. From the vantage of middle-age, Sara recalls her early years with pride and humor. She also explores the process through which the twins unraveled their symbiotic, almost merged, identity to become independent young women eager to investigate the wider world.

Alden Rowe's adventure begins with the mysterious disappearance of his grandpa, leading him to a magical writing table. This enchanting artifact transports him through various fantastical worlds, including cities in time flux and dark fairy-filled burrows. As he navigates these challenges, Alden encounters vibrant characters who help him uncover secrets about the writing table's hidden powers. His quest to find his grandpa transforms into a thrilling race against time, filled with explosive lanterns and wild tornadoes.

Specially commissioned and designed artist book of 14 prints by Julian Simmons and Sarah Lucas based on Lucas' Muses which she exhibited at the British Pavilion, 56th Venice International Art Biennale, Venice (2015)