Much like Emin, this work demanded an intense attention most times, not a positive one.
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This was accompanied by masses of private and personal items including condom wrappers, ashtrays full of cigarettes and empty bottles of alcohol. As it is not her real bed but indeed a copy, it caused further backlash in opposition to the dedication it took to recreate such a piece. The fact that this artwork is a replica only caused more of an uproar of controversy. During this time, the nomination which was paid the most attention to in the media seemed to be Emin’s taboo sculpture of ‘ My Bed.’ This was an installation of a replica of her unmade, dirty and lived in bed. Emin was nominated for the 1999 Turner Prize for this work, alongside artists’ such as Steven Pippin, Jane and Louise Wilson and the winner, Steve McQueen. Moreover, ‘ My Bed’ (one of the artworks Emin is most infamous for) proves that she is in fact an autobiographical artist, and undeniably a fearless one too. Collings states looking at yBa’s art is “…Like being stuck behind children or old or blind people in a crowd at an underground station, when you’re in a hurry for a train” (Collings, 1997, pp.
Perhaps part of Emin’s oeuvre and fearlessness comes from being a part of the yBa’s, although this is not always received greatly. She reclaims her experiences and makes them her own stories to publicise through her art, books and multiple newspaper columns. This strategy of ‘re’ is undeniably evident in Emin’s work as she herself is the focus within her own narrative. Think reprise think reply think repeat think reinterpretation” (Merck and Townsend, 2002, p.8). “The yBa’s seem to depend markedly upon strategies of the ‘re’. The yBa’s are a collective of visual artists who pursued exhibiting together in London in the 1980’s.
Emin is a white female artist, a feminist and a ‘Young British Artist’ (also known as yBa). Emin is known for a plethora of things, especially for being in the eye of the media as the latter quote suggests. In this research project, I will be investigating the reasoning behind the infamously unapologetic autobiographical artist Tracey Emin’s work.
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