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Tracey Emin

English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork.

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Tracey Emin

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She was born on 3 July 1963 in Croydon, south London, and was brought up in Margate, Kent.[1] Emin was elected as a Royal Academician in 2016.[2]

Life and work

She obtained an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art in 1989.[3] Her first solo show, My Major Retrospective, was held at White Cube gallery in November 1993.[4] In 1995, she created the tent Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, appliquéd with names including sexual partners, relatives, her twin brother and her two aborted children.[5] In 1997, that tent was shown at Charles Saatchi's Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy in London.[6]

On 3 January 1993, Emin and fellow artist Sarah Lucas opened The Shop at 103 Bethnal Green Road.[7]

What the cited sources add

A 2007 Guardian interview by Lynn Barber quoted Andrea Rose, the British Pavilion commissioner, saying of Emin's Venice Biennale exhibition: "It's remarkably ladylike" and "There is no ladette work – no toilet with a poo in it"[8][9] A 2011 BBC article stated that Emin's appointment as Professor of Drawing was approved at a meeting of the Academy's General Assembly.[10] The same BBC article noted that Emin first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1997 with a tent embroidered with the names of everyone she had slept with, totaling 102 names.[10] A 2004 BBC article confirmed that the fire in Saatchi's east London warehouse destroyed Emin's tent and her piece known as The Hut.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: (14 December 2011). Tracey Emin to become Professor of Drawing at RA. BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.; "Tracey Emin", Tate Etc.; "Tracey Emin: 20 Years", National Galleries of Scotland, 1 January 2008, p. 20–21 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ltd, "ThirdWay", Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 1 December 2006; Geneviève, "Tracey Emin is made Royal Academician" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ltd, "ThirdWay", Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 1 December 2006, p. 20; "Tracey Emin", rca.ac.uk; Heartney, "The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium", Prestel, 2013, p. 40–45; Fanthome, "The Influence and Treatment of Autobiography in Confessional Art: Observations on Tracey Emin's Feature Film Top Spot", Biography, 2006, p. 30–42 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "My Major Retrospective 1963-1993", White Cube; (26 July 2008). Emin on Emin. The Herald (Scotland). Retrieved 12 May 2020. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "R.I.P. Tracey Emin's Tent", BBC (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: (12 September 1997). Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (press release mentioning Emin). artdesigncafe. Retrieved 15 April 2020.; (18 March 2005). Tracey Emin – Artist. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (website). Retrieved 15 April 2020. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, 'The Last Night of the Shop 3.7.93'", Tate Etc., 3 July 1993; Als, "Remembering Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas's 'The Shop'", Frieze, 2021-06-09; Als, "Remembering Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas's 'The Shop'", Frieze, 2021-06-09; Als, "Remembering Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas's 'The Shop'", Frieze, 2021-06-09; Als, "Remembering Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas's 'The Shop'", Frieze, 2021-06-09; Als, "Remembering Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas's 'The Shop'", Frieze, 2021-06-09 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Barber, Lynn, "From party girl to Biennale queen", The Guardian, 3 June 2007.. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  9. Wikipedia, "Tracey Emin" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Barber, Lynn, "From party girl to Biennale queen", The Guardian, 3 June 2007. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. (14 December 2011). Tracey Emin to become Professor of Drawing at RA. BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
  11. "Fire devastates Saatchi artworks", BBC, 26 May 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2008.. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk

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