DAME TRACEY EMIN CBE RA (BRITISH B.1963)

DAME TRACEY EMIN CBE RA (BRITISH B.1963)
Everybody Needs a Place to Think
2002
printed cotton handkerchief
from the unnumbered edition of 1500
produced as an invitation for the launch of BBC Four
overall 54 x 54cm
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Note: This work was produced in 2002 for the launch of 'BBC FOUR'. The handkerchief was accompanied by an invitation reading "Please bring this invitation with you, otherwise you're not going to get in, Love, Tracey X". The work depicts a dog with the bone interspersed with text reading BBC FOUR, on the imagery Emin said 'I've always liked the expression like a dog with a bit between the teeth - knowledge and learning is like that, once you get started you just can't let go, and apparently sometimes for dogs when they shag - it's like that they just can't let go, and somehow I started thinking about sex, and that's when I drew the naked women with a smile right across her face - I enjoy what I do ‘