Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s.
2018 has been an extraordinary year for British artist Tracey Emin. With large-scale commissions catapulting her from London's St Pancras station to the streets of downtown Sydney - only pausing for breath with exhibitions in Hong Kong and Brussels along the way - she has proven yet again that she packs a punch like no other.
But as she turns 55 and enters what she likes to call the 'last stage' of her life, is it time for a more mature, reflective Tracey? Following the death of her mother in 2016, she has decided to return to her home town of Margate and convert a derelict printworks there into a new studio where she can live and make art.
imagine... has spent the past 12 months following Tracey at home and abroad in a bid to chart her creative process at work. She tells Alan Yentob about her life to date, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s as a leading light of the Young British Artists, featuring career-defining work like My Bed and her embroidered tent Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995.
With contributors including Sir Nicholas Serota, Jay Jopling, Maria Balshaw and David Dawson, this is the definitive account of one of Britain's most infamous artists.
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Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas and The Shop
Duration: 01:37
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Tracey Emin - There's A Lot Of Money In Chairs
Duration: 01:09
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Tracey Emin - My Bed
Duration: 02:05
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Tracey Emin's Marriage to a Stone
Duration: 01:41
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Alan Yentob |
Participant | Tracey Emin |
Participant | Nicholas Serota |
Participant | Jay Jopling |
Participant | Maria Balshaw |
Participant | David Dawson |
Executive Producer | Tanya Hudson |
Series Editor | Alan Yentob |
Producer | John O'Rourke |
Director | John O'Rourke |