Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art


Tracey Emin, one of the most successful of the Young British Artists who emerged in the early 1990s, has famously always drawn on her own life experiences in her autobiographical, confessional art. This mid-career show charts her career, assembling installations, paintings, neon lights, video and even her appliquéd blankets.

Several of her installations have been recreated for the show, including "My Bed," consisting of her unmade bed surrounded by used condoms and blood-stained underwear, presented at Tate Modern when Emin was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1999. While some of her earlier works touched on her teenage rape and sex, later works such as "Feeling Pregnant II" (1999-2002), "Feeling Pregnant III" (2005) and "Conversation with my Mum" (2001) deal with her confused desire to have children. Other pieces are based on family relationships. "Uncle Colin" is a collection of framed memorabilia relating to an uncle who had been killed in a car crash, and "There's A Lot of Money in Chairs" (1994) is made from an armchair given to Emin by her grandmother.


August 2 through November 9, 2008
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Road
Edinburgh
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