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Tracey Emin - Part One

British 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.

The first episode of Imagine's profile that follows a year in the life of British artist Tracey Emin. Imagine... spent 12 months following Tracey at home in the UK and at international exhibitions in Hong Kong and Brussels in a bid to chart her creative process at work. Emin 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. This two-part series is the definitive account of one of Britain's most infamous and acclaimed artists.

23 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Jan 202111:30GMT

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

  • Sat 16 Jan 202117:30GMT
  • Sat 16 Jan 202122:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Jan 202104:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Jan 202110:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Jan 202118:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Jan 202123:30GMT
  • Mon 18 Jan 202101:30GMT
  • Tue 19 Jan 202108:30GMT
  • Wed 20 Jan 202107:30GMT
  • Wed 20 Jan 202111:30GMT