"The largest-ever exhibition of works by the UK artist Tracey Emin is due to open at Tate Modern in London next year, and will include more than 90 works including the headline-hitting installation My Bed (1998). A Second Life will encompass neon, sculpture, paintings, videos and textiles spanning 40 years. According to a Tate statement, the show will demonstrate "her uncompromising confessional approach to sharing experiences of love, trauma and personal growth"."
"According to Xavier Hufkens Gallery, which represents Emin, in the video "the artist speaks over these images, explaining that she gave up school at 13 to hang out in cafés and bars, or drink cider on the beach. "Her favourite pastime, she says, was sex: 'It was something you could just do, and it was for free'. She goes on to chronicle her routine, sleeping with men much older than herself.""
A Second Life at Tate Modern will present more than 90 works by Tracey Emin across neon, sculpture, paintings, videos and textiles spanning four decades. The exhibition includes the landmark installation My Bed (1998) and materials from Emin's 1993 White Cube solo show, including collected objects and small-scale photographs of 1980s art-school paintings. Early autobiographical pieces such as the video Why I Never Became a Dancer (1995) and stitched works like Mad Tracey From Margate: Everybody's Been There (1997) emphasise Margate and adolescence. The exhibition also features a wooden sculpture referencing the Dreamland rollercoaster and explores themes of love, trauma and personal growth.
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