I am looking at Emin's piece "Everyone I have ever slept with 1963-1995", It is also know as "The Tent". The piece is a tent with the appliqued names of literally everyone she had slept with, but not necessarily in the sexual sense. So this could be from childhood sleepovers or family. The piece became very famous due to the fact that Charles Saatchi bought it, and later it got destroyed in the 2004 Momart London warehouse fire. Even though it was destroyed in the fire, and Emin herself was very upset, she has refused to recreate it.
I feel that this piece especially of Emin's work is often misinterpreted. Even before I knew what the piece was about I had made judgments and thought that I didn't like it as I thought it was very intrusive and unnecessary. Although when I did find out what the piece was actually about, I really liked it and felt it was very misjudged. I feel that the piece is more innocent than people think and its very intimate as Emin is letting us see a large chunk of her life.
I like the idea of the documentation, listing all the names, just not in a banal way. She had obviously put a lot of thought into how she wanted to display the names, as the tent is a massive part of the concept.
I just finished reading Emin's autobiography, strangeland, and loved it. I learnt so much more about her and how she thought. There's a part page 169-170 where she talks about the mess of her flat and that she hasn't touched it in 3 days - 8 weeks. I feel it was a kind of insight into "My Bed".
Tracey Emin - Strangeland - Sceptre - Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 2005
I just finished reading Emin's autobiography, strangeland, and loved it. I learnt so much more about her and how she thought. There's a part page 169-170 where she talks about the mess of her flat and that she hasn't touched it in 3 days - 8 weeks. I feel it was a kind of insight into "My Bed".
Tracey Emin - Strangeland - Sceptre - Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 2005
