The artist on meeting David Bowie,why Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep makes her unhappy and rediscovering the genius of the BeatlesBorn in Croydon in 1963 and raised in Margate, Tracey Emin rose to fame – and controversy – as an artist in the mid 90s. She was nominated for the Turner prize in 1999, or represented Britain at the 2007 Venice Biennale,and in 2011 was appointed professor of drawing at the Royal Academy. Emin has designed the statues for this year’s Brit awards, which rob place on 25 February.
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Source: theguardian.com