Tracey Emin: A Thousand Drawings

Edited by the artist herself from an archive of work stretching back to the beginnings of her career, 1001 Drawings is at once acollection of Tracey Emin's works on paper, an expos? of her life as an artist, and a collectible artifact in its own right. Strippedof the distractions of form and context, her bare and enigmatic drawings are presented on bible-thin paper in a uniquely beautifulslipcased volume, with an introduction by the artist. From considered self-portraits in charcoal to pen-and-ink drawings on linednotebook paper and informal studies that would later become famous neon and painted works, this remarkable collection is asmuch a catalogue of Emin's preoccupations as it is a monument to her raw and evocative talents as an artist.