Which artist caused controversy with their installation called My Bed in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition?
My Bed My Bed My Bed is a work by the English artist Tracey Emin. First created in 1998, it was exhibited at the Tate Gallery in 1999 as one of the shortlisted works for the Turner Prize. It consisted of her bed with bedroom objects in an abject state, and gained much media attention. Although it did not win the prize, its notoriety has persisted. The idea for "My Bed" was inspired by a sexual yet depressive phase in the artist's life when she had remained in bed for several days without eating or drinking anything but alcohol. When she looked
Turner Prize Raedecker and Tomoko Takahashi were also nominated. The Stuckist art group staged their first demonstration against the prize, dressed as clowns, describing it as an "ongoing national joke" and "a state-funded advertising agency for Charles Saatchi", adding "the only artist who wouldn't be in danger of winning the Turner Prize is Turner", and concluding that it "should be re-named The Duchamp Award for the destruction of artistic integrity". "The Guardian" announced the winner of Turner Prize with the headline "Turner Winner Riles the Stuckists". Controversy was caused by winner Martin Creed's installation "Work No. 227: the lights going on and