Sarah Lucas

Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Absurdly Poignant "Nonmonumentals", Died Aged 78

British artist Phyllida Barlow, who placed humble materials in the service of massive works that she described as "nonmonumental," owing to their rejection of sleek, masculinized form, died March 13 in London at the age of seventy-eight. Her death was confirmed by the gallery Hauser & Wirth, which has represented the artist for over a decade. Barlow served as a mentor to artists including Tacita Dean, Sarah Lucas, and Rachel Whiteread before gaining wide recognition herself in the late aughts. "Image and the pictorial are my enemies. They are what I always want to escape," she told Artforum's