Tracey Emin: I followed you to the end

Tracey Emin’s exhibition presents her distinctive painterly style, exploring profound themes of love, loss, and self-preservation. Characterised by bold, impulsive brushstrokes and a striking palette of carmine, ivory, deep blues, and black, her works capture figures in moments of intense emotional states. The titular painting, I Followed you to the end (2024), encapsulates a woman’s anguished reflection on love and betrayal, framed by a poignant message that echoes her deep feelings of isolation.

Intimate spaces like beds and baths become symbols of the fragile boundary between life and death, especially evident in My Dead Body – A Trace of Life (2024), where the subject confronts themes of mortality. Emin’s integration of intricate Turkish patterns serves as a meditative contrast to the raw emotions portrayed. Throughout the exhibition, her beloved cats appear as loyal companions and silent sentinels, underscoring themes of solitude, memory, and the lasting impact of love and loss that resonate deeply in Emin’s work.