Tracey Emin:
"Everyone I have ever slept with 1963-1995"
Tracey Emin’s artwork “Everyone I have eve slept with”, also referred to as “The Tent” has, much like many of Emin’s work, shocked viewers as well as managing to intrigue viewers at the same time. The outdoor two man tent may look like your average weekend camping tent on the out side, but on the inside laced with traditional use of embroidery and hand stitching as well as other traditional forms of presentation and has displayed the names of all the people Emin has been in bed with. This piece of work has attracted alot of attention when first exhibited, as it is considered very revealing of information about Emin’s life that most people would not share with strangers or public life, yet Emin has displayed for everyone to see.
Francis Bacon:
"Figure with Meat" 1954
Bacons piece “Figure with Meat” depicts a sense of anxiety and alienation. He has done so through the use of facial expression, objects and colour. The expression of the figure in this piece displays an uncomfortable emotion. When viewers exhibit this piece they feel what they see, and when someone sees discomfort they feel discomfort just as when someone views an image that shows comfort in it’s objects such as a couch they feel that feeling of comfort and relaxation. By having a lack of figures, thus being one man present in the piece and an empty background, gives a sense of alienation and loneliness. Supported by the objects of the open hanging flesh in the background brings more discomfort in viewing the piece itself. Flesh and bone is not a symbolism of happiness and love, it brings with it a subtle sickening feeling to view, anxiety if you will.
