Exhibitions > She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea: Tracey Emin at Turner Contemporary

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Tracey Emin, Laying on Blue, 2011 Gouache on paper © the artist courtesy of White Cube photo: Ben Westoby

Tracey Emin, She Lay down Deep Beneath The Sea, 2012 Neon [aquamarine] © the artist courtesy of White Cube photo: Ben Westoby

Tracey Emin, Last in Love, 2011 Gouache on paper © the artist courtesy of White Cube photo: Ben Westoby

Tracey Emin, I Didn't Say, 2011 Gouache on paper © the artist courtesy of White Cube photo: Ben Westoby

Tracey Emin in Margate
© Jas Lehal

Tracey Emin, Sex 1 25-11-07 Sydney ©Tracey Emin / Tracey Emin studio

Exhibitions

> She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea: Tracey Emin at Turner Contemporary

26 May 2012 - 23 September 2012

Tracey Emin's first major solo exhibition at Turner Contemporary is conceived specially for Margate, where Emin grew up and which has provided inspiration for many of her most famous art works.

The exhibition explores the themes of love, sensuality and romanticism in Emin's oeuvre, featuring both new and existing works including drawings, monoprints, sculptures and neons.

The exhibition's central themes continue in a display of paintings, sketches and watercolours of erotic subjects by Tracey Emin as well as JMW Turner and Auguste Rodin, whose iconic sculpture The Kiss is on show at Turner Contemporary until 2 September 2012.

Admission the exhibition is free.

This exhibition contains work of an adult nature. Please use your discretion when visiting with children.

There is a no photography policy throughout the duration of the exhibition.

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She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea is part of the London 2012 Festival, a UK wide festival from 21 June – 9 September 2012 featuring leading artists from around the world which is the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad, funded by Arts Council England.

A catalogue will accompany the exhibition and will be available to purchase in our shop.

An interactive media guide will accompany the exhibition and will be available from our Information Desk.

Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays 11 – 11.30am from 26 May 2012.

Wednesdays 3 – 3.30pm every fortnight from 6 June 2012

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Comments (6)

Left by Jane Foley on Apr 10, 2012 01:39AM

This is wonderful. I'm a great fan, although I only own one drawing, of which I am very fond. It is so good to find a woman being free with the theme of eroticism. I wish that I could get to it from Devon.

Left by Sue on Apr 19, 2012 02:32AM

Can't wait for this one. :)

Left by Peter Hendra on Dec 23, 2011 08:04AM

I was brought up in Margate in the generation before Tracey Emin. I used to say "I don't like what Tracey does, but I love the way she does it" (ha-ha how witty!). After the Hayward Gallery exhibition, I'm completely converted, and shall be driving down to see you all again in May.

Left by Darren Lewis on May 9, 2012 01:15AM

Cannot wait for Tracey to return home and have her work displayed in margate. I'm sure this show will finally put Margate on the map and we should thankful to Tracey that margate is still deep within her heart.