In Love is a Strange Thing (2000), Emin walks up to a Bull Mastiff that sits quietly on a small bridge in a London park. She recites a dialogue between herself and the dog. To her surprise, the dog propositions her for sex. Confused, Emin lets him down gently and the dog stares back at her with sad eyes, wounded and rejected. As she walks away, the animal accuses the artist of prejudice. With self-deprecating wit, Emin confronts stereotypes of the male predator and the female seductress.

Selected Exhibitions:
2008, Season of Diary Films, Curzon Soho, London, UK
2011, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2002, Ten Years, Tracey Emin, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012, Tracey Emin, Malba, Buenas Aires, Argentina (exh. cat)

Selected Literature:
— Brown, Neal, Tracey Emin (Modern Artists). London: Tate Publishing, 2006, ill. p.77
— Emin, Tracey and Freedman, Carl, Tracey Emin. Ed. Honey Luard. New York: Rizzoli, 2006, ill. p.365
— Exh. Cat. Kiss the Frog: The art of transformation. Oslo: Nasjonalmuseet, 2005, ill. p. 109
— Exh. Cat. La alegria de mis suenos (International Biennial of Contemporary art of Seville) Seville: Fundacion BIACS, 2004, ill. p. 161