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Rubbish:

 

Tracey Emin
Every Part of Me's Bleeding
lLeft top: "Soba Sex" 1999, neon 20x50 in. edition of three.
Left bottom: "My Bed" 1998, (detail) middle: "My Bed" 1998
mattress, linens, pillows, rope, various memorabilia.
Background right: "The History of Painting" 1998,
three pregnancy tests, morning after pills
five cases: wood, plexiglas with tampons,
blood, tissue.
(detail) foreground: "My Cunt is Wet with Fear 1998,
neon 10x55 in. edition of three.
The work itself is not as interesting as the effect it has
upon the public. Our prurient juices might flow, arousing
entanglements of distance, desire and voyeurism.
We might dismiss it outright, incredulous that such a
base and brazen display gets attention as Art. We might
see the work as the necessary weapon of an heroic
victim, the bloodied sword of a warrior in the
sex and gender wars. We might stand aside
as it incites the critics to criticize and the media
to mediate, thereby establishing a market value
for itself. Finally, the idea of meeting
her at a party might make us nervous.