Tracey emin - reconstructing art-

Tracey Emin is an artist that often  reconstructs objects and situations from her own life in her art. In numerous projects she's taken emotional aspects of her life and reproduced them to  reveal intimate details from her life to engage the viewer with her expressions of universal emotions. Her willingness to share her intimate aspects of her life and secrets enables her to connect and relate to her audience. A good example of Emins work is her piece  - my bed, 1998. Here Emin has reconstructed her own bed in its full reality, she uses empty alcohol bottles, stained sheets and cigarette buts.  By showing something totally personal and real she is reiterating the fact that she is as normal as the rest of the world. Emins idea of reconstructing something from her own life is something that totally fascinates me and is something I want to try and do through my own work, I to want to show a real situation but in a controlled environment.