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Tracey Emin ’scared’ of critics

1stAngel — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:46:25 +0000

Controversial artist Tracey Emin has admitted she is "scared" that an exhibition looking back at 20 years of her work will be criticised.

The first ever retrospective of Emin’s work is being shown at Edinburgh’s Gallery of Modern Art as part of the city’s Art Festival.

She said she was used to getting "slagged off" but this show was so "immense" she was looking for support.

The exhibit includes famous works such as My Bed from 1998.

The work features an unmade bed with a urine-soaked sheet, littered with cigarette packets and condoms.

‘Quite shocking’

Emin said she had been very emotional about putting together the exhibition.

She said: "To see the different stages of my life through the work, that was quite shocking.

"I got quite emotional and I thought I would be a lot more analytical and distance myself from it.

"Last week with the instalment I got to an emotional grinding halt where it felt a bit too much.

"My whole life was in front of me."

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Tracey Emin ’scared’ of critics.

Sparrow missing from Emin artwork

1stAngel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:03:38 +0000

A small bronze sparrow which was part of a Tracey Emin sculpture has gone missing from its home in Liverpool.

The £60,000 artwork, which features the 10cm (4in) bird on a 4m (13ft) pole, was commissioned by the BBC for the art05 festival three years ago.

The pole remains in place outside The Oratory, by the Anglican Cathedral in Upper Duke Street, but the bird vanished about two weeks ago.

Merseyside Police are investigating its disappearance.

A BBC spokeswoman said: “The bird is a unique work of art and we hope its whereabouts are discovered as soon as possible for the people of, and visitors to, Liverpool.

“The BBC commissioned the sculpture but does not own it and therefore does not have duty of care for its maintenance or welfare. This is covered by White Cube gallery and the artist.”

A spokeswoman from the White Cube said: “The BBC commissioned the piece they are the best people to discuss this with.”

Tracey Emin was unavailable for comment.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7486019.stm

Published: 2008/07/02 16:02:38 GMT

Fourth plinth winners announced

1stAngel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:36:25 +0000

More than 2,400 people will occupy Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth over 100 days as part of a living artwork.

Antony Gormley won the opportunity to showcase The One and the Other. His work will allow volunteers to stand on the plinth, for one hour at a time.

Antony Gormley’s winning entry seeks to showcase real people

Artist Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle also gets a place on the plinth and reflects multicultural London through HMS Victory’s sails.

Gormley and Shonibare beat four other contenders to the honour.

Yinka Shonibare’s proposal intends to show the “ethnic” wealth of London

They were Jeremy Deller, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin, and Bob and Roberta Smith.

Contemporary society

Turner Prize winner Gormley, who became famous for Gateshead’s The Angel of the North, said: “Through elevation onto the plinth and removal from common ground, the body becomes a metaphor, a symbol and allows us to reflect on the diversity, vulnerability and particularity of the individual in contemporary society.”

The project will now enter its development phase and a process by which people can register their interest to stand on the plinth will be finalised.

A completion date is yet to be announced.

Mr Shonibare said: “For me it’s a celebration of London’s immense ethnic wealth, giving expression to and honouring the many cultures and ethnicities that are still breathing precious wind into the sails of the UK.”

People were able to have their say on the proposed works during a three-month exhibition in The National Gallery and on the Fourth Plinth website.

The winners were announced at City Hall by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

The new artworks will replace Thomas Schutte’s Model for a Hotel 2007 which occupied the plinth for more than 18 months.