Tracey Emin

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Baby Things, Jacket, 2008. Photograph © Thierry Bal

Title: Baby Things
Location: Various - see site map

Tracey Emin’s art is one of disclosure, using events from her personal life as inspiration for her work. ‘Baby Things’, Emin’s perfect bronze simulacra of baby clothes can be found tucked underneath benches, hanging from railings and lying by a kerb. Exuding an aura of the forlorn and dejected, they are poignant reminders of Folkestone’s high teenage pregnancy rate, which is similar to that of Margate, Emin’s home town.

(Please note that the artwork in Mill Bay - 8c on the map - is at the back of University Folkestone near the railings - just along from the disabled car park)

About Tracey

Photo: Scott Douglas

Born London, 1963. Lives and works in London.

Tracey Emin’s art is one of candid disclosure, using events from her own life as inspiration for her practice, ranging from painting, drawing, video, and installation, to photography, needlework and sculpture.

Recent solo exhibitions include

20 Years, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Edinburgh 2008
British Pavilion 52nd Venice Biennale – Italy 2007
More Flow, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill – Rome 2006
I Can Feel Your Smile, Lehmann Maupin – New York 2005
When I Think About Sex…, White Cube – London 2005

Recent group exhibitions include

You Dig The Tunnel, I’ll Hide The Soil, White Cube - London 2008
Fourth Plinth, National Gallery - London 2008
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy – London 2007
Lights, Camera, Action, Whitney Museum of American Art – New York 2007
Youth of Today, Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt 2006
Body, Vancouver Art Gallery – Canada 2005

Emin was made a Royal Academician in 2007.

Acknowledgments
Arthur Pendlebury-Green at Bayle Pond Residents Association, Amanda Oates and Chris McCreedy at Shepway District Council, Julie Houghton and Sarah Boundy at Southeastern Trains, Jerry at AB Fine Art, and Dave Williams at MTech.

See Tracey Emin's work
www.whitecube.com