Tracey Emin: I Promise To Love You
- yartlondon
- Sep 23, 2025
- 2 min read
Created in 2014 from her original neon artwork, I Promise to Love You by Tracey Emin is a limited-edition coloured offset lithograph on 250 gsm glossy wove paper that captures her trademark blend of intimacy and boldness. At a glance, it is unmistakably Emin: direct, confessional, and charged with emotion.
Details: Colour offset lithograph on 250 gsm glossy wove paper 2014 70 x 50 cm Edition of 500 Signed and dated in pen by Tracey Emin Published by Emin International Stored in its original tube, as issued
Since the early 1990s, Tracey Emin has been experimenting with neon lights, creating short, illuminated phrases in her distinctive handwriting. Growing up in Margate, Emin was surrounded by neon shop signs, which inspired a joy in her and later became a defining element in her confessional artwork. By manipulating the coloured lights to create distinctly poetic and personal sentiments, Emin subverts the commercial use of neon lighting.
Emin’s creative process often begins with writing. For her neon works, she starts by handwriting a phrase that best captures the sentiment she is feeling at that moment. Importance is placed on this handwriting being preserved, as it gives the works a spontaneous appeal and transforms the neons into a form of self-portrait.
About Tracey Emin:
Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic, autobiographical style exploring all elements of life. Emin puts herself into her artwork and gives a glimpse into how she views herself and her world, and her experiences and emotions - often difficult or expressive topics that viewers can relate to. Her work ranges from neon to drawing, painting, printmaking, sewing, photography and sculpture and has been exhibited extensively internationally. Tracey has been widely recognised for her work including being nominated for the Turner Prize, appointed a Royal Academician and a Professor of Drawing at the RA, appointed CBE and she represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
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