Press release
Tracey Emin
1st - 29 July 2005
MAGASIN d'en Face
Born 1963 in London, where she lives and works.
Her works originate in personal experiences, mainly affairs of the heart and
sexual episodes. Often on the squalid or murky side, they depict a teenager
in a small seaside town, then a young city-dwelling adult in the post-sexual
revolution world. Emin’s work uses different media.
This presentation of small format works gives an idea of their variety.
A monotype, Sometimes I look at myself’, 2000, shows a self-portrait
of the artist.
A polaroid, I live and work in London E1, 2003, allows us to contemplate
the details of her face with a close-up of her mouth and nose.
The artist’s message is extended to the other with her neon, Meet
me in heaven, I will wait for you, 2004.
In the video Sometimes the dress is worth more money than the money,
2000-2001, the artist orients her ideas toward a reflection on sexuality and
money.