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It looks like an old-fashioned comfy four-poster bed, the sort grandmother might sleep in. Except to judge from the rumpled covers, the big bad wolf has already struck.
Closer inspection of the bed, in a Manhattan gallery, also reveals disturbing messages: "Please don't do this" is embroidered on the curtains above the pillows, plus the message "weird sex".
It is the latest work by British artist Tracey Emin, a return to the medium that made her both infamous and a household name. An earlier work, My Bed, was created from a badly stained mattress and sheets surrounded by dirty knickers, vodka bottles and used condoms.
Her latest bed hints at a dark side of her life. In interviews, Emin has spoken of being raped at 13 and being a promiscuous teenager. The new work, called To Meet My Past, carries a clear message - and a threat - to the rapist, whose identity she has never revealed. "I'm going to get you," she has embroidered on one of the sheets. "And when I do, the whole f***ing worlds [sic] going to know that you destroyed my childhood.''
On show in the Lehmann Maupin Gallery, a converted warehouse in the trendy Chelsea district, it has an antique, black cast-iron frame, hand painted with flowers. The heavy red cover is embroidered with the words: "I am not afraid." Other Emin pieces include a collection of potted plants. There are a number of puddles on the floor but this is thought to be a problem with the gallery's roof.
Despite Emin's notoriety the exhibition is sparsely attended. An elderly man, looking at the bed, simply shakes his head. His wife can only say: "Oh my goodness.''
Emin's first bed, shown at the Tate Gallery in 1999, was said to represent four days she spent under the covers contemplating suicide. It was jumped on by two naked Chinese performance artists and doused in pre-wash by Swansea housewife Chris De Ville, who said if her children made a mess like that she would make them clean it up.
There is no price on To Meet My Past - but My Bed was sold to Charles Saatchi for £150,000. New Yorkers who want a copy of the new Emin bed can find similar frames with mattresses for around £1,000. Bed linen is extra - but there's a good sale on at Bloomingdales.
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