"The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin"
May 29, 2024 11:43 AM   Subscribe

Interview with Tracey Emin in the Guardian. Emin talks about art, social class, cancer, her philanthropy, love, her film Why I never became a dancer (previously), politics, her stoma and urostomy, the establishment's unacceptable treatment of her as a younger woman, her exhibition at the Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, her cat Teacup, her work being dismissed as "moaning", the different phases of her life ...
posted by paduasoy (6 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
super super 8
posted by HearHere at 12:12 PM on May 29 [1 favorite]


It probably won’t be for another Xnumber of decades before her work is given the respect and place in the cannon that it deserves.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:33 PM on May 29


We need a BIlly Childish post now to balance things out.
posted by alex_skazat at 1:15 PM on May 29


She's great, both for her art and her willingness to talk so frankly about things. I also liked this recent interview she did with Jerry Saltz at Vulture.
posted by lisa g at 4:43 PM on May 29 [3 favorites]



It probably won’t be for another Xnumber of decades before her work is given the respect and place in the cannon that it deserves.

philistines want to put her work in "the cannon" right now tho
posted by lalochezia at 8:15 PM on May 29


Thanks, lisa g, that is a really interesting interview.
posted by paduasoy at 11:46 PM on May 29


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