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Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?

Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s.

2018 has been an extraordinary year for British artist Tracey Emin. With large-scale commissions catapulting her from London's St Pancras station to the streets of downtown Sydney - only pausing for breath with exhibitions in Hong Kong and Brussels along the way - she has proven yet again that she packs a punch like no other.

But as she turns 55 and enters what she likes to call the 'last stage' of her life, is it time for a more mature, reflective Tracey? Following the death of her mother in 2016, she has decided to return to her home town of Margate and convert a derelict printworks there into a new studio where she can live and make art.

imagine... has spent the past 12 months following Tracey at home and abroad in a bid to chart her creative process at work. She tells Alan Yentob about her life to date, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s as a leading light of the Young British Artists, featuring career-defining work like My Bed and her embroidered tent Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995.

With contributors including Sir Nicholas Serota, Jay Jopling, Maria Balshaw and David Dawson, this is the definitive account of one of Britain's most infamous artists.

1 hour, 16 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAlan Yentob
ParticipantTracey Emin
ParticipantNicholas Serota
ParticipantJay Jopling
ParticipantMaria Balshaw
ParticipantDavid Dawson
Executive ProducerTanya Hudson
Series EditorAlan Yentob
ProducerJohn O'Rourke
DirectorJohn O'Rourke

Broadcasts

  • Tue 23 Oct 201822:45
  • Tue 23 Oct 201823:10
  • Wed 24 Oct 201800:10
  • Sat 19 Jan 201903:05
  • Thu 3 Dec 202022:30
  • Sun 21 May 202322:55