Tracey Emin
THINKING OF YOU, THINKING OF THE WORLD, 2021
Air Ink on recycled paper
42 x 59.4 cm
Tracey Emin was born in London in 1963, and today she lives and works in London and France. Her work takes many different forms of expression, including needlework, sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, video and installation.
Emin’s work is uninhibited in the way it absorbs and reflects her personal life. She has always been inspired by expressionist painters Edvard Munch and Egon Schiele (evident in her Diploma Work Trying to Find You), although her work is also explicitly feminist. Viewing her work generates an experience of intimacy as a result of Emin’s emotional honesty in reflecting on meaningful moments from her life.
In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Emin Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the visual arts.