Birds
- Edition:
- Edition of 300 · Signed
- Medium:
- Print — Lithograph
- Size:
- 76 × 60 cm
- Year:
- 2011
Tracey Emin’s Birds (2011) is a delicate lithograph that captures the artist’s distinctive expressive and intimate approach to drawing. Through loose, spontaneous lines, Emin depicts the birds with a sense of fragility, movement and freedom.
The simplicity of the composition allows the emotional quality of the work to come to the forefront. Birds are a recurring motif within Emin’s practice, often associated with ideas of freedom, vulnerability, love and longing. Characteristically personal yet universally relatable, Birds demonstrates Emin’s ability to convey powerful emotion through seemingly simple imagery.
About the Artist
Tracey Emin
b. 1963 | British
Tracey Emin is one of Britain's most influential contemporary artists, celebrated for her deeply personal and emotionally charged work. Working across a wide range of mediums, she explores themes of love, memory, vulnerability, and identity. Her honest and autobiographical approach has earned international acclaim and established her as a defining voice in contemporary British art. Emin's work is held in major museum and private collections worldwide.
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