Nothing is more loathsome than a self-involved artist who turns into a cry-baby.
Although these early events caused Emin to be well known in art circles, she was largely unknown by the public until she appeared on a Channel 4 television programme in 1997. It was an ostensibly serious debate show about that year's Turner Prize, and Emin appeared completely drunk (she has said this was caused by painkillers she was taking for a broken finger), swearing, insulting the other panel members and saying that she wanted to go home to her mum (she then left).
On 24 May 2004, a fire in a Momart storage warehouse in East London destroyed many works from the Saatchi collection, including Emin's Everyone I have ever slept with 1963–95, The Last Thing I Said Is Don't Leave Me Here and The Hut. Emin spoke out angrily against the general public lack of sympathy, and even amusement, at the loss of the artworks in the fire. However, she also put the loss in perspective, commenting: "I'm also upset about those people whose wedding got bombed last week [in Iraq], and people being dug out from under 400ft of mud in the Dominican Republic."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Emin
Correction: Nothing is more loathsome than an artist.
"These summits are a waste of time. All anyone ever does is talk. Sometimes, sitting there, listening to all the talk, I think I will scream."
-President El Hadj Omar Bongo of Gabon.
If anyone would know about how ineffectual talk is, it would be an african president. There is no need to 'raise conciousness'. There is a need for action. Knowing about these things and doing nothing is a greater crime than total ignorance. For now, I am a criminal, as is she, but I plan on reform.
On 24 May 2004, a fire in a Momart storage warehouse in East London destroyed many works from the Saatchi collection, including Emin's Everyone I have ever slept with 1963–95, The Last Thing I Said Is Don't Leave Me Here and The Hut. Emin spoke out angrily against the general public lack of sympathy, and even amusement, at the loss of the artworks in the fire. However, she also put the loss in perspective, commenting: "I'm also upset about those people whose wedding got bombed last week [in Iraq], and people being dug out from under 400ft of mud in the Dominican Republic."
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Emin
Correction: Nothing is more loathsome than an artist.
"These summits are a waste of time. All anyone ever does is talk. Sometimes, sitting there, listening to all the talk, I think I will scream."
-President El Hadj Omar Bongo of Gabon.
If anyone would know about how ineffectual talk is, it would be an african president. There is no need to 'raise conciousness'. There is a need for action. Knowing about these things and doing nothing is a greater crime than total ignorance. For now, I am a criminal, as is she, but I plan on reform.
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