Tracey Emin RA Exhibits Monoprints at The Royal Academy of Arts

Written by Simone Sagi Friday, 25 June 2010 21:54

LONDON - This summer the Royal Academy of Arts presents an exhibition of work by Tracey Emin RA. This will be the first exhibition dedicated to Emin’s monoprints and will focus on works from the last ten years. On the art of printmaking Emin says; “I’ve always had a love of printmaking because of the magic and alchemy of it all. You never really know how it’s going to be until you turn the paper over. I think that printmaking is a very intimate practice. These works vary in subject matter but all of them retain a quality of my line.” On view through 22 September.

Tracey Emin was born in London in 1963, where she now lives and works. Her art takes many different forms of expression, including applique, sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, video and installation. Emin first exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1997 Sensation exhibition, in which she showed the now iconic tent titled ‘Everyone I Have Slept With 1963-1995’. In recent years Emin has exhibited regularly in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition. She was elected painter RA in 2007 and in 2008 Emin curated a group exhibition alongside the Summer Exhibition.

Recent solo exhibitions include; Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Rome (2010), Lehmann Maupin, New York (2009), Kunstmuseum, Bern, (2009), White Cube Mason's Yard, London (2009), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, (2008), CAC, Málaga, (2008) and Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, (2007).

Works in the exhibition will be available for sale.

DATES AND OPENING HOURS

Exhibition dates: 22 June – 22 September 2010 / Public Access: The RA Friends Room is open to the public from 4–6pm daily.

Late night opening: Fridays until 10pm / Admission Free / For public information : 020 7300 8000 or www.royalacademy.org.uk