Tracey Emin: Art and Celebrity excerpts
Excerpt: ’Tracey Emin was born in London in 1963 but grew up in the downmarket seaside resort of Margate. Its only previous claim to fame in terms of visual art was that J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) lived and worked there at various times. (Margate plans to open a Turner Centre in 2004 to attract more visitors.) One of Emin’s nicknames is “Mad Tracey from Margate” and she once remarked angrily: “I grew up in Margate and somebody’s going to FUCKING PAY FOR IT.” [...] Emin has a twin brother Paul who complains about the publicity that she has attracted to the family and he has dismissed her art as “a load of bollocks”.’
Click to read more about Tracey Emin at Art Design Publicity magazine.