Sex
Sex is the dominant theme in Emin’s work – and it is often a violent sex. This is not a new interest for her: her teenage diaries (which she has exhibited) detail her sexual exploits.
The exhibition features a group of recent paintings on the theme of sex. Although sex has been a dominant theme in western painting and sculpture for centuries, it has been a voyeuristic but ‘decent’ form of sex, presented in the guise of the female nude acting out scenes from classical literature; also, these works have been created by male artists. Emin’s paintings strip away all the finery to concentrate on sex pure and simple.
