Tracey Emin Londres, b. 1963
Lonely Chair drawing II, 2012
Gouache on paper
111 x 151 cm
43 3/4 x 59 1/2 in
43 3/4 x 59 1/2 in
© 2012 Tracey Emin / Courtesy Fundación AMMA
Photo: Alejandro Paez
Further images
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 1
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 2
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 3
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 4
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 5
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 6
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 7
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 8
)
A naked woman, slumped rather than sitting in a chair. Her features are blurred. The simplicity of the technique—a black drawing with fluid lines—is enough to convey a sense of exhaustion.
Emin finds in art a form of therapy to overcome the traumas of her youth, recreating her own memory filled with pain. In her work, she captures raw candor and suffering through themes such as sex, excess, drugs, and hangovers, which she explores in various media, including sculpture, drawing, installation, and video.