Tracey Emin went to her father’s native Cyprus to film Sometimes The Dress Is Worth More Money Than The Money (2000). She describes the film, which features her as a bride-to-be with a traditional Cypriot wedding dress pinned with money, as “a childhood fantasy. I saw this wedding dress in the window and some shoes and flowers, I had to make a film about it. The shopkeeper must have thought we were having a shotgun wedding”.
Public Collections:
Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions:
2011, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, p. 252 (film stills illustrated in colour, pp. 68-69).
2009, EAT ME - DRINK ME, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA
2007, A Tribute to Tracey Emin, Dallas, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA
2004, Tracey Emin: Can’t See Past My Own Eyes, Sketch Gallery, London, UK
2003, Tracey Emin, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2002, Ten Years Tracey Emin, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 26 and 39, no. 32 (film stills illustrated in colour, p. 27).
2001, Trans Sexual Express, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2 and 190 (film stills illustrated in colour, p. 87).
Selected Literature:
— L. Wells, T. Stylianou-Lambert and N. Philippou (eds.), Photography and Cyprus: Time, Place and Identity. London: Routledge, 2014, fig. 10.5, ill. p. 210
— S. Zielinski, Ah Lord, Love me Passionately: Images of Bodies & Religion in the Lutz Collection. Potsdam: Brandenburgische Universitätsdruckerei and Verlagsgesellschaft Potsdam, 2009, no. 9, ill. pp. 86-87
— H. Luard and P. Miles (eds.), Tracey Emin: Works 1963 - 2006. New York: RIZZOLI, 2006, p. 409, ill. pp. 320-321
— N. Brown, Tracey Emin. London: Tate Publishing, 2006, no. 58, ill. p. 74
— P. Lafuente (ed.), Display: recent installation photographs from London galleries and venues. London: Rachmaninoff's, 2005, ill. p. 100
— M. Merck and C. Townsend (eds.), The Art of Tracey Emin. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, pp. 51 and 163, no. 12, ill. p. 52
