Thursday, 27 January 2011

What does the media know? Really?

I've been looking at Tracey Emin's 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With (1963-1995) as it is my main inspiration, I absolutely love the concept behind this particular piece of work.
The inside and out.
"Some I'd had a shag with in bed or against a wall some I had just slept with, like my grandma. I used to lay in her bed and hold her hand. We used to listen to the radio together and nod off to sleep. You don't do that with someone you don't love and don't care about"
Momart Fire 

Unfortunately, this piece of work went up in flames along with other in saatchi's collection, including, Damien Hirst, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Martin Maloney. I was absolutely appalled with the media's reaction to this. They mocked the idea that losing such artwork was thought of a 'loss'. In much respect I think it is. This tent is a representation of a time in Emin's life and is now gone. For the media to even think that it's 'not hard to re-stitch the names onto a tent' is ludicrous. The motivation and inspiration is no longer there and I'm amazed that i have never noticed before how narrow-minded the media really is.


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