Tracey Emin - Contemporary Art Part I New York Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Lehmann Maupin, New York

  • Catalogue Essay

    Nothing is out of bounds with Tracey Emin because the artist is merely telling stories about herself. In her work emotions are simple, and direct. She reconstructs her rocky childhood, weaves the memories of young sexual adventures and displays the glorious triumph of being. Fragile yet strong, the once enfant-terrible foreshadows much desired love and faith with pain, suffering and confession.
     
    Carl Freedman: Some of your neon works are like dystopic sex shop signs… It’s like they are advertising something that’s not quite right. It’s not as it should be.
     
    Tracey: Neon always has that seedy connection, but then I think it’s sexy too. It’s spangly, it’s pulsating. It’s out there, it’s vibrant. In Margate I grew up with neon in the cafes, the bars and the nightclubs, and all along the Golden Mile of amusement arcades. For me it’s always had a beautiful allure.
     
    C. Freedman, “Tracey Emin in conversation with Carl Freedman: Turn of the Screw,” Tracey Emin, New York, 2006, p. 328

38

Her soft lips touched mine and every thing became hard

2008
Neon.
39 1/4 x 84 1/8 in. (99.7 x 213.8 cm).
This work is from an edition of three.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $86,500

Contemporary Art Part I

12 Nov 2009
New York