The self - important would - be talent - infamous for, among other things, her Turner Prize
shortlisted unmade bed - says she is «very seriously considering leaving Britain», because: «I «m simply not willing to pay tax at 50 %.»
Not exact matches
Emin gained celebrity in the 90s for such bold and scandalous works as «Everyone I Have Ever Slept with 1963 — 1995» at the Royal Academy in London in 1997 (a tent that she appliquéd with individuals» names), and My
Bed (she exhibited her own
unmade bed, strewn with used condoms and dirty undergarments) at the Tate Gallery in 1999, which
shortlisted her for the prestigious Turner Prize.
Past
shortlisted works have included dismembered, pickled animals (Damien Hirst's 1995 Mother and Child), a bare room illuminated by a light going on and off (Martin Creed's 2001 The Lights Going On and Off), and an
unmade double
bed littered with dirty underwear, condoms, and empty drink bottles (Tracey Emin's 1999 My
Bed).
The annual contemporary art prize, which has provoked protest in the past over
unmade beds and picked cows, has revealed a 2017
shortlist including two painters on canvas, an artist in woodcuts and a 16 mm film - maker.
Emin, famously, made the Turner Prize
shortlist with her
unmade bed, which was strewn with the detritus of an unhappy life — including, as the Saatchi Gallery website says:
But the reaction was nothing compared with
shortlisted Tracey Emin's My
Bed exhibit the following year, which featured her own
unmade and rather grubby
bed.
Upon entering the room, and seeing the
unmade, «roughed - up»
bed, abandoned pieces of clothing and underwear, and what looked like blood stains and other secretions, one can immediately recall «My
Bed» by the British artist Tracey Emin, placed at the Tate, London in 1999 and
shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
Her two most famous works remain her
unmade bed, which was
shortlisted for the Turner Prize, and Everyone I Have Slept With, a tent embroidered with names.
In 1999, she was
shortlisted for the Turner Prize and exhibited My
Bed, her own
unmade bed complete with used condoms and blood - stained underwear at the Tate Gallery.
Two years later, Emin was
shortlisted for the Turner prize, exhibiting her
unmade bed complete with stains, condoms and dirty underwear.
In 1999, artist Tracey Emin was
shortlisted for her work My
Bed, which featured an
unmade bed complete with stained sheets.
Previous
shortlisted artists include Damien Hirst for his cow and calf in formaldehyde, and Tracey Emin for her
unmade bed.
Her latest masterpiece - an
unmade bed with soiled sheets, surrounded by empty vodka bottles, cigarette packets and a used condom - has now been
shortlisted for the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize.
Emin, whose two most famous works are her
unmade bed, which was
shortlisted for The Turner Prize, and «Everyone I Have Slept With», a tent embroidered with names, has been a supporter both of Conservative policy towards the arts and, more personally, of Mr Cameron and George Osborne, the Chancellor.
The artist is best - known for her Turner - nominated artwork, «My
Bed», and a tent embroidered with the names of many of her lovers, called «Everyone I Have Ever Slept With» — the
unmade bed covered in debris which she exhibited at Tate Britain after she was
shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999 went on to sell for # 2.2 million at auction in July of this year.