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From Tracey Emin's bloodied knickers and overflowing ashtrays, as part of her installation My Bed (1998), to Subodh Gupta's sculptures of steel tiffin boxes, we can accept that the gap between art and life is now closed. It follows that if anything can...
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But no contemporary artist has made love so central a theme in her work—and addressed it so directly—as the British artist Tracey Emin, whose distinctive neon scribbles have been gracing galleries and public spaces around the globe for the last 20 years.
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French businessman Francois Pinault (R) waves accompanied by former French culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon (L) in front of the renovated Palazzo Grassi, the 18th-century palace on the Grand Canal, during the press opening in Venice, 27 April... View Photo »
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I like the idea of original pieces of art going to people directly for a low price ... When you are an artist and you get to a certain level, it means that you have forced yourself out of the market for a lot of people, and this makes pure art available.
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Elsewhere, the teeming, faceless sock puppets create cacti-like forests, run wild, and coming at you from all angles – again, the psycho-dramatists of contemporary British art, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas, are made to seem somewhat lightweight in their...
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'Bringing together the strands of my past': Crochet fanatic recreates life-size replica of bedroom for exhibition
Daily Mail - UK
Emin found fame by using her personal life, in all its explicit sexual detail, to inspire works of art. And taking note, 33-year-old Polish-born artist Agata Oleksiak has crocheted a life-size replica of her bedroom bearing messages that document her...
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University, and self-taught as a sculptor, Quinn was the first artist to be represented by Jay Jopling, the English art dealer who founded White Cube, and went on to represent several YBAs. White Cube brought down two works by Quinn for Indian audiences.
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US artist Jeff Koons poses in front of his 'Balloon Dog' sculpture outside the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, 27 April 2006, two days before the inauguration of French businessman Francois Pinault's contemporary art collection. Pinault was acquitted last... View Photo »
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has signed up some impressive names, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Shepard Fairey. These artists will produce pieces in editions of between 2,000 and 10,000, which are numbered, signed and sold for between $8 and $800, with Sedition taking a cut of the revenue.
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Penn and Will Smith, turning Basel’s week of velvet-roped parties into a tropical take on the Sundance Film Festival. Then add the sudden transformation of louche celebs into discerning cultural mavens: If the sight of Sean “Diddy” Combs dropping...
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I think that Mayfair squat, which was also a talk shop and exchange ground for ideas about collective futures, was a great example of what young people are doing today." Gormley is one of several artists, including Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing,...
About Tracey Emin
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Tracey Emin RA (born 3 July 1963) is an English artist of Turkish Cypriot origin, one of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists). Full Article
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MIAMI BEACH, FL - NOVEMBER 29: Val Kilmer and Tracey Emin attend the White Cube Party at Soho Beach House Miami on November 29, 2011. The event was co-hosted by Jay Jopling and Nick Jones and was held at the poolside Tiki Bar. This party kicked off the week long programme of events for...
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) (L to R) Alan Carr, Tracey Emin and auctioneer Ollie Parker attend The Hoping Variety Show: A Benefit Evening For Palestinian Refugee Children at Cafe de Paris on November 21, 2011 in London, England.
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Tracey Emin speaks onstage at The Hoping Variety Show: A Benefit Evening For Palestinian Refugee Children at Cafe de Paris on November 21, 2011 in London, England.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 07: Tracey Emin attends the Harper's Bazaar Women Of the Year Awards 2011 at Claridges Hotel on November 7, 2011 in London, England.
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Tracey Emin attends the Harper's Bazaar Women Of The Year Awards in association with Estee Lauder and NET-A-PORTER at Claridges Hotel on November 7, 2011 in London, England.
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Notorious artist Tracey Emin arrives at the Harpers Bazaar Women of the Year Awards event presented at Claridges Hotel in central London, Monday Nov. 7, 2011.
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British artist Tracey Emin arrives to Harper's Bazzar Women of the Year Awards in London, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011.
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British artists (L-R) Martin Creed, Rachel Whiteread, Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, and Fiona Banner pose for pictures with their posters designed for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games at a photocall in London, on November 4, 2011. A total of 12 artists have designed posters for...
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Artist Tracey Emin poses with her Paralympic poster "Birds 2012" at the unveiling ceremony of the official Olympic and Paralympic posters for London 2012 at the Tate Britain gallery in London November 4, 2011.
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British artist Tracey Emin poses for pictures with a poster she designed for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games at a photocall in London, on November 4, 2011. Emin is one of 12 artists who have designed posters for the 2012 Olympics Games. The posters will go on sale to the...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 04: Tracey Emin poses with her specially commissioned poster during the unveiling of the Official Olympic and Paralympic Posters For London 2012 Olympic Games at Tate Britain on November 4, 2011 in London, England.
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British artist Tracey Emin poses with her Paralympic poster 'Birds 2012' during an unveiling ceremony of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic posters at the Tate Britain art gallery in London, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Olympic officials on Friday unveiled the posters for the London 2012...
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Olympic staff remove the covers of the posters during a unveiling ceremony of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic posters at the Tate Britain art gallery in London, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Posters unveiled are Olympic poster 'LOndOn 2012' by Rachel Whiteread, center left, Paralympic poster...
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Anita Zabludowicz (L) and Tracey Emin attend '100 Things', a silent auction in aid of the Legacy List hosted by London Mayor Boris Johnson at 50 St James on November 2, 2011 in London, England.
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Cakes by Tracey Emin attends the AMNESTEA Party hosted by Patrick Cox to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary and launch 'Art Cakes & Cookies' at Royal Institute of British Architects on October 15, 2011 in London,...
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Tracey Emin attends 'Arts For Human Rights', the inaugural Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation Gala supported by Swarovski, at Phillips de Pury And Company on October 14, 2011 in London, England.
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A visitor photographs Tracey Emin's "And I said I love you" at the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park, central London October 12, 2011.
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Tracey Emin attends the opening of the new White Cube Bermondsey gallery on October 11, 2011 in London, England.
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Artist Tracey Emin poses before the Vivienne Westwood Red Label 2012 Spring/Summer collection show during London Fashion Week September 17, 2011.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: Tracey Emin attends the Burberry Serpentine Summer Party at the Serpentine Gallery on June 28, 2011 in London, England.
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British artist Tracey Emin (R) poses with Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organising committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), with vintage Olympic posters at Tate Britain in London June 20, 2011. Coe announced on Monday that 12 British artists have been commissioned to design the...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: (L-R) Artists Martin Creed, Howard Hodgkin, Tracey Emin, Michael Craig Martin, Anthea Hamilton and LOCOG Chair and former Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe pose with former Olympic posters during a photocall at Tate Britain on June 20, 2011 in London, England. The...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Artist Tracey Emin poses with former Olympic posters during a photocall at Tate Britain on June 20, 2011 in London, England. The photocall was held to announce the 12 artists who have been commissioned to design the new posters for the London 2012 Olympic and...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Artist Tracey Emin and LOCOG Chair and former Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe pose with former Olympic posters during a photocall at Tate Britain on June 20, 2011 in London, England. The photocall was held to announce the 12 artists who have been commissioned to...
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