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Tracey Emin — Two works: (i) Please Keep Loving Me; (ii) I Kept Crying
Tracey Emin

Two works: (i) Please Keep Loving Me; (ii) I Kept Crying

Two neon works by Tracey Emin present raw, confessional phrases rendered in her signature handwritten script, transforming deeply personal emotional pleas into luminous, glowing statements. The works continue Emin's longstanding exploration of vulnerability, desire, and longing, using the visual language of commercial signage to elevate intimate feelings into public declarations. Together, the diptych captures the cyclical nature of love and grief, balancing a yearning for connection with the quiet devastation of uncontrollable sorrow.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 15, 2015

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Tracey Emin, Two works: (i) Please Keep Loving Me; (ii) I Kept Crying

Two neon works by Tracey Emin present raw, confessional phrases rendered in her signature handwritten script, transforming deeply personal emotional pleas into luminous, glowing statements. The works continue Emin's longstanding exploration of vulnerability, desire, and longing, using the visual language of commercial signage to elevate intimate feelings into public declarations. Together, the diptych captures the cyclical nature of love and grief, balancing a yearning for connection with the quiet devastation of uncontrollable sorrow.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate Narrative, Raw Intimacy, Confessional Art, Tracey Emin, Neon Text Art, Autobiographical Work, YBA Movement, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Autobiographical Art, Turner Prize Nominee, Emotional Vulnerability, Female Artist, Emotionally Raw

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Hamilton Selway Gallery