Tracey Emin Bücher

Tracey Emin ist die bedeutendste britische Künstlerin der GegenwartDie Memoiren Tracey Emins dokumentieren das Leben einer außergewöhnlichen Frau. Als Tochter einer Britin und eines türkisch-zypriotischen Vaters wächst sie mit ihrem Zwillingsbruder Paul in der heruntergekommenen Küstenstadt Margate auf. Nach dem Bankrott des ehemals reichen Vaters lebt die Familie getrennt und in ärmlichen Verhältnissen. Sie wird als Teenager vergewaltigt, bricht vorzeitig die Schule ab, stürzt sich in zahllose Affären. Mit ihrem Vater reist sie später in die Türkei und nach Zypern, um sich über ihre Zukunft klarer zu werden. Radikal offen und bisweilen selbstironisch erzählt sie von den existentiellen Themen einer Frau von heute: sexuelle Begierden und Männerbilder, Kinderwunsch und Abtreibung, Verwirrungen der Liebe und Abgründe der Einsamkeit. Kunst ist dabei für Emin immer auch die „Kunst des Lebens und die Kunst des Wollens“.

The career of Tracey Emin, one of the best-known contemporary British artists, has become a potent symbol of the relationship between art and celebrity in our time. When it was exhibited in London at the Tate in 1999, her now notorious installation "My Bed" was denounced by conservative critics as a national scandal, but this and her other work have continued to attract ever larger audiences. Whether storming drunkenly out of live television debates, talking tearfully about her abortions, or modeling evening gowns for Vivienne Westwood, Tracey Emin makes headlines. Yet if Emin is now universally recognized as a media phenomenon, her work has also begun to attract serious critical attention. In The Art of Tracey Emin, distinguished critics from Britain and the United States address her achievement in depth for the first time, tracing Emin's influences from Egon Schiele to Judy Chicago and establishing her place in a larger tradition of postmodern and feminist art. Adopting a variety of critical approaches, contributors explore the full range of Emin's work, from photography and monoprints to installation art and videos, showing that, however raw and personal it may seem to be, it actually represents a carefully meditated response to vital issues in contemporary culture and society.

Published to accompany the first UK retrospective of Emin's work, covering her output during the last 20 years.

Catalog of an exhibition held May 26 - September 23, 2012.

This comprehensive study delves into the works of Tracey Emin, a renowned British artist known for her provocative and emotive paintings. It explores her unique artistic vision and the themes of femininity, identity, and personal experience that permeate her work. The book offers critical analysis and insights into Emin's contributions to contemporary art, highlighting her significance as a female icon in the art world.

The Leopold Museum will present the first comprehensive exhibition in Vienna featuring more than 80 works by the British artist Tracey Emin (born in 1963), a leading figure of the “Young British Artists”. Tracey Emin, a superstar and enfant terrible of contemporary art, will engage in a fascinating artistic dialogue, as she will not only present her own works but will also incorporate a personal selection of drawings by Egon Schiele into the exhibition. This exploration of the Austrian Expressionist’s oeuvre allows Tracey Emin to venture into unchartered territory with her art and to draw interesting parallels. 0Exhibition: Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria (24.04-14.09.2015)

Tracing artists' increasing use of their bodies as subject and actual material of their artworks, this title charts the rise of new forms of expression such as Body Art, Happenings, Performance and Live Art.