Tracey Emin
Angel without You

Miami

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), currently shows Tracey Emin: Angel without You, the first American museum exhibition dedicated to the acclaimed British artist Tracey Emin. Plus, it’s the first-ever exhibition to focus on Emin’s works in neon, a crucial aspect of the artist’s practice that began with her iconic ‚The Tracey Emin Museum‘ (1995), which opens the show. The exhibition explores how Emin’s neons have played an essential role in the development of her work, marking a shift from her early diaristic and confessional style to a more cryptic and open-ended form of expression.

Tracey Emin: Angel without You continues the artist’s longstanding relationship with MOCA, which was the first American museum to purchase one of her works when it acquired the seminal film ‚Why I Never Became a Dancer‘ in 1998. This film—which features scenes from Emin’s childhood home in the British seaside resort town of Margate, replete with vintage neon signs—explores the story of Emin’s tumultuous adolescence and loss of innocence. ‚Why I Never Became a Dancer‘ (1995) will be included in the exhibition, which will also feature several of Emin’s most notable neon works, such as ‚Sorry Flowers Die‘ (1999) and ‚I can feel your smile‘ (2005). Many of these works consist of epigrams that transcribed into neon from Emin’s own handwriting.

Tracey Emin, Angel Without You, 2013. (c) the artist.

Tracey Emin, You Loved me like a Distant Star, 2012.(c) the artist.

Tracey Emin, Trust Yourself, 2012. (c) the artist.

Tracey Emin

MOCA

December 4, 2013 – March 9, 2014
Joan Lehman Building
770 NE 125th Street
North Miami
Florida 33161
USA

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