Emin And This Was Me A Thousand Yea
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About This Work
In *Emin And This Was Me A Thousand Yea*, Tracey Emin distils autobiography into a charged, intimate statement, continuing her pivotal contribution to British contemporary art and the YBA legacy. Working with a direct, confessional vocabulary—spare text, raw mark-making and an economy of means—Emin transforms personal memory into a universal meditation on time, desire and self-authorship. The work’s immediacy foregrounds process: the hand remains present, the surface activated by gestures that feel both diaristic and declarative. Positioned between drawing and language, it operates as emotional evidence as much as image. Culturally, the piece resonates within feminist art discourse and post-1990s conceptual practice, where vulnerability becomes a form of resistance and public address.
About the Artist
In 1993, in the former London borough of Bethnal Green, Emin and fellow artist Lucas opened a store where they sold their own handmade items. One of Emin’s earliest exhibitions took place in 1993–94 at the influential White Cube gallery on Duke Street (1993–2002). The show, ironically titled “My Ma...
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