/internal/media/dispatcher/128915/fullPortable Smoking Area1996[Sarah Lucas]Sarah LucasWood, chair, iron, light bulb, weights A cantilever chair with obvious signs of wear and tear and a red-lacquered stand on casters supporting a wooden box play the main parts in this work by Sarah Lucas. As one of the key Young British Artists, Lucas achieved international acclaim in the late 1980s. The object Portable Smoking Area was made at a time when smoking indoors was still the norm and can be understood as a wry commentary on individual needs and collective rules. Its potential function as a mobile smoking cabin is immediately apparent, closely followed by questions concerning its possible use in a museum context, and its overarching role as a work of art. Object art© Sarah Lucashttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/61353/rdf