Tracey Emin | Edvard Munch. The Loneliness of the Soul (Hardback)

Tracey Emin | Edvard Munch. The Loneliness of the Soul (Hardback)
Kari J. Brandtzaeg (author), Edith Delaney (author), Heidi Bale Amundsen (author)
Publisher: Munch Museum
ISBN: 9788293560616

Tracey Emin | Edvard Munch. The Loneliness of the Soul (Hardback). Tracey Emin has long had a fascination with the Norwegian Expressionist and painter of The Scream, Edvard Munch: in her words, “I’ve been in love with this man since I was eighteen”. In 1998 she even created a haunting video piece filmed at the same Oslo jetty that was the location of many of his well-known works. It is just one example of how, like Munch, she embraces even the most painful experiences to create art.

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Tracey Emin is a British artist known for making works that convey experiences and events from her own life by using a range of media, from needlework and drawing, to sculpture and installation. Her works can often be sexually provocative and their stories are revealed with a raw openness, which has often sparked debate.

Emin was part of the Young British Artists group which took the art world by storm with their controversial take on contemporary art in the late 1980s. Other YBAs included Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst.

Emin’s oeuvre spans drawings, tapestries, embroidery, film, bronze sculptures, neon signs and wooden constructions. Despite this variety, she consistently maintains a quality to her work which makes it clearly hers. Personal monologue is an important thread which runs through all her work.