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My Bed is a raw installation by the British artist Tracey Emin. The work consists of her bed with bedroom objects in a disheveled state. First created in 1998, it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize. Although it did not win the prize, it gained much media attention and its notoriety has persisted. It was sold at auction by Christie’s in July 2014 for £2,546,500.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia My Bed ArtistTracey Emin Year1998 MediumFound happening MovementPostmodernism SubjectDepression, surrealism, originality, conceptualism My Bed is a raw installation by the British artist Tracey Emin. The work consists of her bed with bedroom objects in a disheveled state. First created in 1998, it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize.[1] Although it did not win the prize, it gained much media attention and its notoriety has persisted. It was sold at auction by Christie’s in July 2014 for…

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