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Tracey Emin - Part One

British Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s.

The first episode of Imagine's profile that follows a year in the life of British artist Tracey Emin. Imagine... spent 12 months following Tracey at home in the UK and at international exhibitions in Hong Kong and Brussels in a bid to chart her creative process at work. Emin tells Alan Yentob about her life to date, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s as a leading light of the Young British Artists, featuring career-defining work like My Bed and her embroidered tent Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995. This two-part series is the definitive account of one of Britain's most infamous and acclaimed artists.

23 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Jan 2021 11:30GMT

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Alan Yentob
Participant Tracey Emin
Participant Nicholas Serota
Participant Jay Jopling
Participant Maria Balshaw
Participant David Dawson
Executive Producer Tanya Hudson
Series Editor Alan Yentob
Producer John O'Rourke
Director John O'Rourke

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