Tracey Emin Bed
Tracey emin in my family when someone dies they are cremated and their ashes are thrown across the sea.
Tracey emin bed. Looking at my bed makes the viewer consider the events and mishaps that led up to the wreckage. My bed was created after emin survived a mental breakdown in 1998 after which she spent four days almost unconscious and highly intoxicated on vodka and cigarettes. It consisted of her bed with bedroom objects in a dishevelled state and gained much media attention. The scene around her bed highlighted the breakdown and features empty.
The piece is expansive in its ability to conjure a full narrative about depression self harm and eventual redemption. Stephen white courtesy turner contemporary. My bed is an iconic and seminal artwork by british artist tracey emin. Art is for feeling not for looking tracey emin.
My bed is a work by the english artist tracey emin first created in 1998 it was exhibited at the tate gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the turner prize. Tracey emin at her exhibition tracey emin my bed jmw turner at turner contemporary margate. It was conceived over 20 years ago. My bed was first created in 1998 and was exhibited at the tate in 1999 after being shortlisted for the truner prize.
It is a box frame wooden bed with a mattress and white linens stained. Despite its age it is still one of contemporary art s most striking depictions of vulnerability. Artwork page for my bed tracey emin 1998. The bed is empty of course because emin decided to leave it and sublimate her troubles into art.
Tracey emin s my bed returned to tate britain fifteen years after the work saw her nominated for the turner prize. Artwork description and composition.