Tracey Emin

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Tracey Emin : biography

3 July 1963 –

The Vanishing Lake – Frieze Fair (2011)

On 6 October 2011 Emin opened a site-specific exhibition at Fitzroy Square. The title is taken from her novel which has served as a catalyst for a series of new works, created for a neoclassical house designed by Robert Adam in 1794. The exhibition also featured a series of embroidered texts and hand-woven tapestries continue Emin’s interest in the domestic and handcrafted tradition.

On the afternoon of 15 October graffiti artist RSH poured red paint on the street and pavement outside the Gregorian building at 6 Fitzroy Square as a statement about the false nature of Emin’s art work.

Art market

Emin’s primary galleries are White Cube in London (since 1993) and Lehmann Maupin in New York (since 1997).Colin Gleadell (20 January 2013), ARTINFO. Collector Charles Saatchi bought My Bed (1998) for £150,000 ($248,000) from Lehmann Maupin’s "Every Part of Me’s Bleeding," the exhibition that won the artist a nomination for the 1999 Turner Prize.Colin Gleadell (20 January 2013), ARTINFO. Emin’s auction record, set at Christie’s, London, in December 2010, is £130,000 (hammer price), paid for her 2004 appliqué blanket It’s The Way We Think.

Only one other of her works has ever fetched more than £100,000, the red neon light installation I promise to love you, which fetched £102,040 (US$200,000) at Sotheby’s, New York, in February 2008. Emin’s most commonly auctioned sculptural works are phrases in her own handwriting set in neon, usually issued in editions of three, with two artist’s proofs.Colin Gleadell (20 January 2013), ARTINFO.

Works on paper, mainly depicting the artist herself, have appeared at auction since 1997 and garnered up to £46,850 ($75,000), the sale price for the gouache Deep Blue III (2011), at Christie’s London in 2013.Colin Gleadell (20 January 2013), ARTINFO.

Modern Art Oxford (2002–2003)

From November 2002 – January 2003, Tracey Emin’s solo exhibition This Is Another Place was held at Modern Art Oxford and marked the museum’s reopening, Scott Henderson, 11 November 2002. Culture24. Retrieved 17 December 2009. and renaming to Modern Art Oxford., Modern Art Oxford, 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2009. The exhibition was Emin’s first British exhibition since 1997. The exhibition contained drawings, etchings, film, neon works such as Fuck off and die, you slag,Searle, Adrian. , The Guardian, 12 November 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2009. and sculptures including a large scale wooden pier, called Knowing My Enemy, with a wooden shack on top made from reclaimed timber. Emin commented that her choice to exhibit in Oxford was due to personal reasons as museum director Andrew Nairne had always been "a big supporter of my work". An exhibition catalogue included 50 illustrations: "a compilation of images and writings reflecting her life, her sexual experiences and her desires and fears.", Modern Art Oxford, 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Music

In 1998 Emin duetted with pop singer Boy George on a song called Burning Up, released on an 18 track audio CD that accompanied the book We love you.We Love You (London: Booth-Clibborn Editions/Candy Records, 1998)

In 2005 Emin compiled a CD of her favourite music called Music To Cry To released and sold by the UK household furnishings retailer and brand Habitat.

In 2009 Emin designed the album artwork for singer/songwriter Harper Simon, son of Paul Simon. The front cover depicts an aeroplane, drawn in Emin’s scratchy monoprint style.

Political views

Emin has been a critic of Britain’s income tax regime, stating "I’m simply not willing to pay tax at 50%", she is "very seriously considering leaving Britain", and suggests she will live in France. "The French have lower tax rates and they appreciate arts and culture." Emin has since denied that she intends to leave the country, stating that a journalist she spoke to previously exaggerated her comments, and that London is her home, and is the context in which she belongs.Mark Lawson Talks to Tracey Emin, BBC 4, 14 March 2010 ICorrect, [https://www.icorrect.com/search/node/tracey%20emin%20tax]