Tracy emin

Tracy Emin

Uncle Colin

1993



I choose Tracey Emin, as I am influenced by the way she uses her work to portray emotions to engage the viewer.She also includes her personal life with her work to make a connection with the viewer.

I really like this piece as it is low key and subtle compared to the others but still engages the reader. This piece is about the tragic death of Emin's uncle Colin, who died in a car crash. The piece includes The newspaper article about the crash, Photographs of her uncle, the Cigarette packet he was clutching at the time of the crash and a letter from Emin to her uncle, all framed in simple wooden frames. A seagull features in one of the frames; returning to the idea of a spirit passing from this world to the next.