Tracey Emin, born 1963 in Surrey, England is known for her raw confessional artwork. Emin shocked the public with her work "My Bed" and "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With". At the age of 13, Emin was raped and it was not reported because "it happened to a lot of girls". She was raised by a single mother along with her twin brother.
Emin's work lacks in symbolism which leaves her audience to view the reality of femininity. In her work ,"My Bed" it gives out en essece of depression and self-harm. Around the bed, there's scattered condoms and a blood-stained underwear. "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With" is a tent with the names of everyone that Tracey Emin has slept with (pretty self-explanatory right?). The people that Emin "slept with" were not all sexual partners which many misinterpret, they were actually people she fell asleep with.
Her work is praised for the way that she portrays the anxieties of a women's life.
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-emin-tracey-life-and-legacy.htm#biography_header
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