Emin Hate and Power Can be a Terrible Thing (poster)

This poster features Tracey Emin's textile work 'Hate and Power Can Be a Terrible Thing', 2004. The original work utilises found materials including an old pink wool blanket, an English naval flag, and pieces of floral fabric. One of a series of quilts, which Emin first started in 1993, they are typically made from an old wool blanket, roughly hemmed with blanket stitch. Capital letters cut out of felt and sections of fabrics – brightly coloured squares, printed flowers, hand-written text and drawings printed onto fabric – are all stitched to the base with deliberately large uneven stitching. Edges are left frayed; there is no attempt at a needlewoman’s meticulous craft. Instead, Emin’s quilts represent the idea of appliqué as a form of collage. Poster size: 70 cm x 50 cm. Image size 58.1 x 43.8 cm.