Tracey Emin on Her Deeply Personal Work
Once stricken by poverty, abandonment and other traumas, acclaimed artist Tracey Emin turned to art as a lifeline and an expression of herself. In doing so, she also broadened common conceptions of art—what it is, what it can be, and who can make it. “I feel physically ill if I don’t make work, I don’t create,” she explains of her process, detailing the intrinsic connection between her personal life, her body and her artistic output. Read more about Emin’s work and her current show, A FORTNIGHT OF TEARS, at Dazed.
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