Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin is a multimedia artist known for her association with the YBA (Young British Artists) group in the 90s, which abolished the traditional separation between art techniques and focused on conceptual art. Her neon texts are “written” in Emin’s handwriting, and sometimes even feature crossed-out lines thus conjuring a similar sense of hurriedness and uncertainty. These blunt confessions read like diary entries, but because most of the neon installations are one-liners, they often lack the personal details that give specificity. Instead, through the ubiquity of their content, they seem to reach for universality and relatability.