Tracey Emin British, 1963
Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), 2021
Lithograph in two colours on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm
Signed and dated by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
Title inscribed in pencil, lower left on recto
Signed and dated by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
Title inscribed in pencil, lower left on recto
94 x 74 cm (framed: 100 x 80 cm)
© Tracey Emin
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Tracey Emin's art consistently explores personal narratives through raw, unfiltered self-examination. Her self-portraiture is a powerful vehicle for expressing vulnerability, transformation, and emotional truth. Through various media, she probes the...
Tracey Emin's art consistently explores personal narratives through raw, unfiltered self-examination. Her self-portraiture is a powerful vehicle for expressing vulnerability, transformation, and emotional truth. Through various media, she probes the construct of self and the fundamental themes of love, desire, loss, and grief.
Most recently, Emin's work has been profoundly influenced by her experience with bladder cancer in 2020, leading to a new depth in her self-portraiture. Her recent works capture physical and emotional transformation moments, with self-portraits taken during sleepless nights and recovery periods. Her graphic line work, alternating between delicate and vigorous strokes, conveys urgency and vulnerability.
Emin's practice has always been about "rites of passage, time and age, and the simple realisation that we are always alone". Her unflinching examination of personal struggles, from relationship turmoil to health battles, transforms individual experience into universal emotional truth. Through self-portraiture, she creates work that is neither tragic nor sentimental but serves as an authentic testimony to human experience.
Most recently, Emin's work has been profoundly influenced by her experience with bladder cancer in 2020, leading to a new depth in her self-portraiture. Her recent works capture physical and emotional transformation moments, with self-portraits taken during sleepless nights and recovery periods. Her graphic line work, alternating between delicate and vigorous strokes, conveys urgency and vulnerability.
Emin's practice has always been about "rites of passage, time and age, and the simple realisation that we are always alone". Her unflinching examination of personal struggles, from relationship turmoil to health battles, transforms individual experience into universal emotional truth. Through self-portraiture, she creates work that is neither tragic nor sentimental but serves as an authentic testimony to human experience.