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Tracey Emin Bed Art. Once the enfant terrible of the Young British Artists in the 1980s Tracey Emin is now a Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts. Tracey Emins controversial My Bed artwork has sold for 22million to an anonymous buyer at Christies in London on Tuesday night. My Bed is an iconic and seminal artwork by British artist Tracey Emin. It is a box frame wooden bed with a mattress and white linens stained.
Artwork page for My Bed Tracey Emin 1998. Art is for feeling not for looking Tracey Emin. First created in 1998 it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize. How Art Imitates Life in Tracey Emins Bed Tracey Emin - My Bed. Around her bed laid empty bottles cigarette packets condoms blood-stained period pants contraceptive pill packets and tiny waist belts that reflected the dire state of Emins health. When she left the bed to go to the toilet she noticed that the bed itself was a work of art it laid bare one of the darkest moments of her life so she.
Tracey Emins My Bed returned to Tate Britain fifteen years after the work saw her nominated for the Turner Prize.
Tracey Emins My Bed returned to Tate Britain fifteen years after the work saw her nominated for the Turner Prize. Before the auction Emin said that she would like her. First created in 1998 it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize. It was displayed alongside paintings by Francis Bacon and Emins more recent drawings creating a more immersive environment in which to experience the piece up close. 13 October 2017 - 14 January 2018. It is a box frame wooden bed with a mattress and white linens stained.