
26/05/2025
In all these works, viewers are brought inside the private space of the toilet. It is a space that taps into our own primal feelings of disgust or invasion, as well as our potential for feeling sexual excitement. As a motif or recreated space in art, the toilet brings to focus the best and worst of ourets and culture, a conflicted place of protest, hygiene, shame, and bodily pleasure.
, America, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
, Fountain, 1950
, installation view of “Hughmans” at Lisson Gallery, 2024. © Hugh Hayden. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
, Boogey Man, 2024