This volume describes the personality of a metamorphic and unpredictable artist and his bold, somewhat confrontational style reminiscent of the energy and daring of Picasso and Pollock. From the broken-plate paintings that brought him fame, to the recent, massively scaled Big Girl series, the artist's work is set in the context of his overall sensibility, becoming part of an ongoing pictorial ...
Tracey Emin is one of the famous artists working in Britain. Her teenage years provided the inspiration for much of her later work, which is autobiographical and often shockingly frank. This book covers the range of her work over the past twenty years, including embroidered blankets, paintings, sculptures, films, neons, and drawings.
Designed by Julian Schnabel, this volume presents more than 300 of the artist's works. More artist scrapbook than monograph, the book's text consists of telling excerpts from Schnabel's own interviews, essays and notes, along with works of poetry and fiction that have inspired his work.