Fancy a breeze-block sofa? Sarah Lucas unveils her first foray into furniture

The artist's eponymous new collection parodies modern living, one brutal MDF settee at a time

Fancy sitting on a breeze-block couch? A chair made of, er, breeze blocks set in MDF? Artist Sarah Lucas is offering an eponymous furniture range that elegantly, albeit uncomfortably, parodies modern design and spartan chic.

Lucas is not the kind of artist who blandly celebrates the veneer of the new. She's a trasher of the times, a suburban satirist with an eye for the embarrassing.

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