No! This Is Sad
Signed Print

Name: No! This Is Sad
Brand: Tracey Emin
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Tracey Emin

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 50

Year: 2022

Size: H 94cm x W 74cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

No! This Is Sad (2021) by Tracey Emin shows a loosely drawn figure, nude and partially submerged in deep blue washes, the face veiled in shadow. It was released in conjunction with Emin’s exhibition A Journey To Death at the Carl Freedman Gallery.

No! This Is Sad carries a heavy stillness. The figure’s expression is hard to read, but something in the posture, the broken outline of the body, and the unresolved edges suggests grief or resignation. Emin’s line is instinctive and uneven, more concerned with presence than precision. This print continues the themes that run through much of her recent work - mortality, the body, and emotional aftermath - without spelling them out. It feels less like a statement than a moment caught, unresolved and quietly insistent.

Tracey Emin, born in 1963, stands as a fearless provocateur in the contemporary art scene. A trailblazer of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late 1980s, the artist has sparked conversation and controversy for decades. Confronting themes of love, trauma and femininity with great vulnerability, Emin's work is a visceral tapestry of her life and has forged an intimate dialogue between artist and audience. In 1999, this raw approach to storytelling won her a nomination to the Turner Prize and, in 2007, it got her a coveted spot as a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA).

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