Previous years have seen the Turner Prize finalists exhibiting
a stained unmade bed...
My Bed made for a striking entrance to that Turner Prize show in 1999: there it was, in the first room, a ruffled and
stained unmade bed, surrounded by detritus that included condoms, a tampon, a vodka bottle, and cigarette ends.
Not exact matches
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.
Tracey Emin (b. 1963) exhibited My
Bed (1998, Saatchi collection), consisting of her own
unmade bed with sweat -
stained sheets, and other highly personal items such as
stained underwear.
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.
Her piece — titled My
Bed, literally her
unmade,
stained bed along with a used condom, panties, and cigarette containers — took on a life of its own, with two other artists engaging in a half - naked pillow fight atop it inside a Tate gallery (Charles Saatchi ultimately bought it for # 150,000).
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.
Examples include: My
Bed (1999, Saatchi Collection), by Tracey Emin (b. 1963), which consisted of her own
unmade bed complete with
stained sheets, slippers,
stained underwear and other personal detritus; The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), comprising a glass tank containing a shark preserved in formaldehyde, by Damien Hirst (b. 1965).
In 1999, she was a Turner Prize nominee and exhibited My
Bed — an installation, consisting of her own
unmade dirty
bed with used condoms and blood -
stained underwear.
Emin's submission for the competition is My
Bed: «Emin shows one new work, supposedly her own
unmade bed, complete with torn pillows and urine -
stained sheets, surrounded by ashtrays full of smoked fags, a box of sanitary towels, medicines, nylons, soiled underpants, a candle, a pregnancy test.