Tracey Emin Archives

ECONOMY

31 January 2013 at 6pm

For our first visit of 2013, we will be exploring ECONOMY at Stills with the exhibition’s curator, Kirsten Lloyd, who will join us in discussing the ideas behind the exhibition.

Primarily an exhibition of photography and film, ECONOMY includes work by artists such as Jeremy Deller, Tracey Emin, Melanie Gilligan, Claire Fontaine and Martha Rosler. The curators have also commissioned polemic texts by local and international writers, activists, journalists and artists to accompany the exhibition, and in turn, they respond to the key themes of migration, labour, sexuality, the crisis of democracy, the quest for alternative futures, the promise of Scottish independence in the context of a competitive global economy and the demise of the Empire of Europe.

ECONOMY is conceived as an exhibition and public forum comprising a website and a series of talks and events to generate constructive public discussion on how the economy impacts upon our lives. It is also presented across two venues, Stills Gallery in Edinburgh and the CCA in Glasgow.

Tracey Emin: 20 Years

25 September 2008 at 6pm

For this month’s Spin event, we will be visiting the Gallery of Modern Art to see the work of Tracey Emin.

Emin’s art discloses the intimate details of her life across a range of media: drawing, filmmaking, installation, painting, neon, photography, sewn work and sculpture. She exposes herself, her hopes, humiliations, failures and successes in a direct and frank manner which is often tragic and at times, humorous.

Emin studied at the Royal College of Art in London from 1987-1989, eventually destroying all her work following a traumatic abortion. She only began working again around 1993, producing confessional letters, and then combining texts with objects and mementos from her youth. These works propelled her to the forefront of the YBA (Young British Artist) scene.

This exhibition looks at the full range of her work, from the rarely seen early work to the iconic My Bed. Joining us in discussion will be Glyn Davis, Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art.