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I've been slagged off completely by the art world and I don't know whether fancy being slagged off by the literary world as well. It's just too much.

Tracey Emin

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Tracey Emin
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 3
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Installation Artist
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Sales Representative
Sculptor
Video Artist
Tracey Karima Emin
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