Art Review My Bed // Tracey Emin The Indiependent

My Bed 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. [1] It consisted of her bed with bedroom objects in a dishevelled state, and gained much media attention. My Bed is an iconic and seminal artwork by British artist Tracey Emin. It was created over 20 years ago and despite its age, it is still one of contemporary art's most striking depictions of vulnerability. It is a box-frame wooden bed with a mattress and white linen (stained).

TRACEY EMIN (B. 1963) , My Bed Christie's

Tracey Emin, 'My Bed' Discover the story behind My Bed 1999 and why it was so controversial when it was first exhibited Art is for feeling not for looking Tracey Emin Tracey Emin's My Bed returned to Tate Britain fifteen years after the work saw her nominated for the Turner Prize. Jul 30, 2018 10:12AM Installation view of Tracey Emin, My Bed, at the Turner Prize Exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1999-2000. Photo © Stephen White. © 2018 Tracey Emin. All rights reservied, DACS, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of White Cube. 'My Bed', Tracey Emin, 1998 'My Bed', Tracey Emin, 1998. Skip navigation. Shop. Become a Member. Main menu. Art and artists. Our collection Artists Artworks. Tracey Emin In my Family When Someone Dies they are Cremated and their Ashes are Thrown Across the Sea. 1997. Tracey Emin Scorfega. 1997. Tracey Emin Everybodies been there. Bedtime stories With My Bed, Tracey Emin turned one of her life's great low points, a bedbound drinking spree, into a theatrical arrangement worthy of Jacobean tragedy: a violent mess of.

Tracey Emin's My Bed on display at Turner Contemporary in Margate, as part of our autumn 2017

A Young British Artist Tracey Emin, My Bed, 1998 ( Tate Britain) In 1998 the British artist Tracey Emin spent several days languishing in bed as the result of depression. 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 Fr. My Bed is a work by the British 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. It consisted of her bed with bedroom objects in an abject state, and gained much media attention. Although it did not win the prize, its notoriety has persisted. Tracey Emin talks about 'My Bed' By Amy Macpherson Published 27 June 2014. Tracey Emin RA's 'My Bed' (1998), one of the seminal works of the Young British Artist generation, goes up for sale at Christie's on Tuesday 1 July.

Artist Tracey Emin's controversial artwork My Bed is coming to Margate

On the wall, Blake's sinners in hell swarm and suffer the torments that her magical readymade suggests with burnt-out fag butts and a tube of K-Y Jelly. Tracey Emin and William Blake in Focus. Tracey Emin (born July 3, 1963, Croyden, Greater London, England) British artist noted for using a wide range of media—including drawing, video, and installation art, as well as sculpture and painting—and her own life as the subject of her art. Tracey Emin's My Bed installation returns to Tate Britain for the first time in 15 years, as part of the BP Walk through British Art display. Photograph: Lauren Hurley/PA Speaking at the. Tracy Emin's 'My Bed' was initially sold to Charles Saatchi for a reported £150,000 (PA) Much ink has been spilled on it (in addition to the bodily secretions that stain its sheets and smear its.

Tracey Emin My Bed, 1998, box frame, mattress, linens, pillows and various objects, overall

Tracey Emin, My Bed, 1998 ( Tate Britain) In 1998 the British artist Tracey Emin spent several days languishing in bed as the result of depression. In 1998, Tracey Emin made her best known and controversial work My Bed by exposing her own bed after a depressive episode and an emotional breakdown.