TRACEY EMIN

Tracey Emin RA (b 1963) became well known in the UK as one of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists). She has succeeded in equalling, if not surpassing, Damien Hirst among the YBAs in terms of notoriety among the general public: Her "My Bed", an installation in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition, consisting of her own unmade dirty bed with used condoms and blood-stained underwear caused a media furor.

Emin's art takes many different forms of expression including needlework and sculpture, drawing, video and installation, photography and painting. In March 2007, Emin was chosen to join the Royal Academy of Arts in London as a Royal Academician and in the same year she represented the UK at the Venice Bienale.

This piece is "Foundlings and Fledglings - Our Angels of this Earth" (2007) was produced to coincide with her Venice body of work. It is in an edition of 1000 and is a white china teapot with silkscreen print (16 x 23 x 16 cm). It comes with a certificate signed by the artist.