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Tracey Emin
British artist
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Also known as: Tracey Karima Emin
Tracey Emin
Category:
Arts & Culture
- Born:
- July 3, 1963 (age 60) England
- Notable Works:
- “Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995” “My Bed”
Tracey Emin, in full Tracey Karima Emin, (born July 3, 1963, Croyden, Greater London, England), British artist noted for using a wide range of media—including drawing, video, and installation art, as well as sculpture and painting—and her own life as the subject of her art. Her works were confessional, provocative, and transgressive, often portraying sexual acts and reproductive organs. Critics were seldom lukewarm in their response to her. Like Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas, she was considered one of the YBAs (Young British Artists; also known as the BritArtists) who came to prominence in the 1990s. Emin and her twin ...(100 of 627 words)