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Personal traumatic events such as unreported rape, public humiliation, sexism, botched abortions, alcoholism, and promiscuity have been her topics. The quality of Emin's artwork is often contested, from the critique of expressionism, to the politics of female representation.
- British
- July 3, 1963
- London, UK
Jul 30, 2018 · When Tracey Emin aired her dirty laundry in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, she set a new standard for confessional art. She conceived of the installation, titled My Bed (1998), after a long, bedridden bender following a bad break-up.
Dec 21, 2023 · My Bed (1998) was an installation by the conceptual artist Tracey Emin. It consisted of her unmade bed and sheets, as well as a variety of objects around it from a time when she went through a severe depressive episode and could not get out of bed.
- Alicia du Plessis
- Tracey Karima Emin (1963-Present)
- ( Author And Art History Expert )
- 1998
Emin represented Great Britain at the 52nd Venice Biennale and in 1999 she nominated for the Turner Prize for her installation My Bed. In 2011, Emin was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Jun 1, 2022 · We spoke to Tracey Emin as she installed a permanent bronze sculpture in Jupiter Artland in Scotland.
Familiar with a wide variety of visual arts, including video and installation, photography, drawing, painting, needlework and sculpture, Emin is known for her controversial works of postmodernist art which have brought her considerable notoriety, far beyond the narrow confines of the art world.
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Apr 2, 2015 · Tracey Emin’s My Bed returned to Tate Britain fifteen years after the work saw her nominated for the Turner Prize. It was displayed alongside paintings by Francis Bacon and Emin’s more recent drawings, creating a more immersive environment in which to experience the piece up close.
