You can’t talk about Tracey Emin without talking about her bed. This painting is the first one in her series. Of course I’m still partly the same but lots of things have changed. The second marriage is about the same as the first one. setNewsletterCookie('signedUp', 1); head.appendChild(link); var ctx = this; return; It is not just about the media hype, it is about looking at the formal qualities of the work and thinking about the work in more historical terms alongside other major figures.”, Crippa added: “It is a very different cultural presentation of the work. expiration_minutes: 5 My bed now is immaculate, really nice. In creating this piece Rodin drew on his experience to capture the mood of a particular moment and managed to create a sense of sensuality and romance.Rodin drew from his knowledge of Dante's The Divine Comedy and in particularly the story of Paolo and Francesca, an adulterous couple from 13th century Italy. I’m going to wait until I move back. Tracey Emin's provocative installation My Bed (1998) has returned to Tate Britain after first being exhibited there in 1999 Credit: Photo: Tate It is a very important moment for her as an artist as well as for us as an institution,” she said. So the bed loses its function, but not its associations with sleep, dreams, illness, sex—the most intimate moments in life. function checkCookies() { //hide on mobile phones } + '' It changes every time I install it. The unexpected connections have inspired a new show in Margate. Even forms of contraception, the fact that I don’t have periods anymore, the fact that the belt that went round my waist now only fits around my thigh. + '