Sarah Lucas, born in 1962, is an English artist who is known for her works that include visual puns and bawdy humour. In 2000, one of her works was installed and presented at the Freud Museum in London. This installation came to known as "Beyond the Pleasure Principle". The installation was quite a contradiction to the interior environment of the museum itself. Yet, the significance of the location is not lost upon the audience once they disintegrate the different layers of meaning that comes forward with the installation.
Lucas installed "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" in Freud's bedroom. The sculptural installation consists of a red mattress that has been suspended from a large metal garment rack, positioned above a white cardboard coffin. A long cylindrical light, which suggests a penis is pierced through …show more content…
Freud changed that the male and female sexuality is the same until the phallic stage during which the women develops penis envy due to the lack of the male reproductive organ. Freud could not since the problem of penis envy, hence deemed women to be inferior than men. Therefore, through this installation, Lucas confronts Freud regarding the sexual objectification of women. Lucas, takes the subtle criticism of sexual objectification a step further as she connects it with death. At first it would seem that Lucas is propagating the firm believe that "sex is everywhere". With her use of the everyday materials, but she also brings her audience back to reality as she reminds us that like all the other things that bring us pleasure such as smoking, sex too, involves pleasure and posses the potential danger that include objectification and as well as diseases and death (reference being made to the coffin in the
Lucas installed "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" in Freud's bedroom. The sculptural installation consists of a red mattress that has been suspended from a large metal garment rack, positioned above a white cardboard coffin. A long cylindrical light, which suggests a penis is pierced through …show more content…
Freud changed that the male and female sexuality is the same until the phallic stage during which the women develops penis envy due to the lack of the male reproductive organ. Freud could not since the problem of penis envy, hence deemed women to be inferior than men. Therefore, through this installation, Lucas confronts Freud regarding the sexual objectification of women. Lucas, takes the subtle criticism of sexual objectification a step further as she connects it with death. At first it would seem that Lucas is propagating the firm believe that "sex is everywhere". With her use of the everyday materials, but she also brings her audience back to reality as she reminds us that like all the other things that bring us pleasure such as smoking, sex too, involves pleasure and posses the potential danger that include objectification and as well as diseases and death (reference being made to the coffin in the