{"product_id":"sarah-lucas-i-scream-daddio-british-pavilion-56th-venice-biennale-2015","title":"Sarah Lucas — I SCREAM DADDIO, British Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 × 21 cm folded \/ 60 × 21 cm unfolded. Offset lithograph on folded yellow card stock with black-and-white illustrations and exhibition floor plan. Bilingual English\/Italian text. Issued by the British Council. Very good vintage condition with light handling wear, minor edge rubbing and gentle surface marks consistent with use at the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition guide issued for Sarah Lucas’s \u003cem\u003eI SCREAM DADDIO\u003c\/em\u003e at the British Pavilion, 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 9 May – 22 November 2015. Commissioner: Emma Dexter; Initiator: Andrea Rose; Curator: Richard Riley; Deputy Curator: Katrina Schwarz; Exhibition Assistant: Elisabetta Rabajoli. Translation: Elisabetta Rabajoli. Photographs and design: Julian Simmons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Lucas’s \u003cem\u003eI SCREAM DADDIO\u003c\/em\u003e marked one of the defining British Pavilion presentations of the 2010s. The exhibition brought together an ambitious new body of sculptures made specifically for Venice, expanding Lucas’s long-running investigations into sex, humour, mortality, and the absurd poetry of everyday objects. The pavilion was transformed into an environment populated by oversized plaster figures, stuffed nylon sculptures, cast concrete works, and recurring motifs of eggs, furniture, and the body, reaffirming Lucas as one of the most influential figures to emerge from the Young British Artists generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than functioning as a conventional invitation, this folded guide was designed as an essential navigation tool. One side presents a complete floor plan identifying each of the twenty-one works by room — from \u003cem\u003eGold Cup Maradona\u003c\/em\u003e in the Portico through to \u003cem\u003eMe Bar Stool\u003c\/em\u003e in Room VI — while the reverse unfolds into a six-panel publication containing newly commissioned texts by Sarah Lucas in English and Italian alongside installation photographs documenting works during production. It occupies an interesting space between exhibition handout, artist publication, and temporary catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition is accompanied by a 152-page book, \u003cem\u003eI SCREAM DADDIO\u003c\/em\u003e, with texts by Sarah Lucas, poems by D.H. Lawrence, and photographs by Julian Simmons (ISBN 978-0-86355-770-5). Sarah Lucas is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London; Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels; CFA, Berlin; Kurimanzutto, Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObjects like this were intended to be picked up, folded into a pocket, and discarded after a visit. Their survival is therefore considerably lower than the accompanying hardcover catalogue, making complete examples increasingly difficult to source a decade after the exhibition. As Venice Biennale ephemera continues to attract institutional and private collectors, pavilion guides for major national presentations have begun to be appreciated as primary documents of significant exhibition history rather than disposable printed matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included in the listed price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"British Council","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53803529470290,"sku":"LUCAS-BRITCOUNCIL-INV-2015","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Lucas_Sarah.ShowinviteBritishPavillion_Venice.2015back.jpg?v=1781948536","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/sarah-lucas-i-scream-daddio-british-pavilion-56th-venice-biennale-2015","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}