Since I decided I wanted to create my own dressing room in the studio space I thought I need to look at other artists that bring their own personal items into the gallery, so I decided to look at British artist Tracey Emin and her piece “my bed”. Which really reveals her real life, the piece is so personal to her and that makes the audience relates to it better. This is what I want to create in my one piece.
Tracey Emin
My Bed
1998
Mattress, linens, pillows, objects
79 x 211 x 234 cm
A consummate storyteller, Tracey Emin engages the viewer with her candid exploration of universal emotions. Well-known for her confessional art, Tracey Emin reveals intimate details from her life to engage the viewer with her expressions of universal emotions. Her ability to integrate her work and personal life enables Emin to establish an intimacy with the viewer.
Tracey shows us her own bed, in all its embarrassing glory. Empty booze bottles, fag butts, stained sheets, worn panties: the bloody aftermath of a nervous breakdown. By presenting her bed as art, Tracey Emin shares her most personal space, revealing she is insecure and imperfect as the rest of the world. http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists
