My Life in a Column

by Tracey Emin

An illustrated anthology of the artist’s popular, personal, and long-running columns for The Independent. Collected here for the first time is an anthology of pieces artist Tracey Emin wrote for The Independent newspaper in London-a weekly column that ran to great acclaim between 2005 and 2009-that touch on everything from the themes behind her work to her process, inspirations, and her alternately humorous and profound observations of daily life. Moving from diatribes on contemporary art and culture to confessional pieces chronicling her travels abroad and reflecting on her private life in London, the columns bring together elements of essay and diary that present a unique perspective on life and the work of the queen of the Young British Artists.
Edited and introduced by the artist, and illustrated with forty reproductions of photographs that recall the original format of the columns, Tracey Emin: My Life in a Column makes a giant of the art world at once more familiar and more profound.   
 

Genres: Art, Biography, Travel, Essays

Hardcover

First published September 6, 2011

Reviews

[Lucha Miranda]

Lo mejor del libro es el prólogo de Cecilia Pavón y una que otra frase y/o anécdota de Tracey a quien amamos pero zzzz

[Mew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of Tracey Emin's writing as well as her art and this collection was perfect for little snippets of her inner thoughts.

[Gloria · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Irene Casado · Rating 3 out of 5]

otro de pm,
a veces same hermana,
en otros me aferro del prólogo de cecilia

[DoctorM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun collection of columns filled with...well...exactly the Bad Girl things the art world, the press, and her own fandom expect of Tracey Emin. But bear in mind: Ms. Emin is no fool, and for all the tabloid-ready antics and inside-the-gallery-scene gossip, her columns have a clear and cold intelligence behind them. Take Tracey seriously--- there's more going on in her columns that her reputation might lead you to think. Serious artist, serious (and angry, and very funny, and very clever) writer.

[Peter · Rating 1 out of 5]

A compilation of Tracey's columns written for the Independent newspaper which are a rambling diary of holidays, jet setting, gallery openings, vomiting at art parties, product placement, posh hotels and boozing. The book does not include forty illustrations, or in fact any.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good to find out something about this artist, although there were some things I did not need to know; but then again, this piece of the artist's written work did seem quite parallel to some of her exhibited works.

[Ana Alvarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much like her art, this compilation of Emin’s columns for The Independent proves that her writing holds power within the filth and mayhem of a life too fully lived to be forgotten.

[Tracy Hollen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars