My Bed is displayed alongside six of Emin’s recent figure drawings, as well as two oil paintings by Francis Bacon selected by Emin. Her installation, as Bacon’s paintings do, retains a strong sense of the lived presence and memory traces of past events.
BP Spotlight: Tracey Emin and Francis Bacon
Part of the series BP Spotlights
Tracey Emin’s installation My Bed 1998 returns to Tate Britain after it first came to public attention when shown in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition.
It is displayed here alongside six of the artist’s recent figure drawings, as well as two oil paintings by Francis Bacon selected by Emin. Her installation, as Bacon’s paintings do, retains a strong sense of the lived presence and memory traces of past events.
From 31 March 2015 to June 2016 visit Tate Britain and see My Bed by Tracey Emin.
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