Accession NumberLTL2014.2
TitleLove is What You Want
Artist(s)Tracey EminArtist NationalityBritish (modern)Object Creation Date2011Medium & SupportneonDimensions 52 ⅜ in x 58 11/16 in (133.03 cm x 149.07 cm)
Label copy2014 Additions:
Tracey Emin
United Kingdom, born 1963
Love is What You Want
2011
Neon
Loan from:
Paola Luptak
&
Markus Jakobson
Subject matterBritish artist Tracey Emin is known for her controversial autobiographical work that gives viewers intimate insight into her unrefined emotions and lifestyle. Love, sexuality, and relationships are common themes in her work.
Love is What You Want is also the name of Emin's 2011 retrospective exhibition, and she uses the phrase in other work from the same period.
Physical DescriptionThis sculpture is a pink neon light in the shape of a heart with the words "Love is What You Want" inscribed within the heart.
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Keywords
feminism
hearts (motifs)
love (emotion)
neon sculpture
pink (color)