Is Anal Sex Legal? and its complement, Is Legal Sex Anal? (Tate T11889 ), are pink neon signs made in Emin’s signature handwritten text, spelling out the words of the titles. They are mounted on the wall, above head height, either individually or together. There is no set relationship between the two works. They were produced in an edition of three. Tate’s copies are the artist’s proofs.
Emin has made several paintings (now destroyed) depicting a couple having anal sex. She has commented:
It can often be painful; it feels like a violation. But if you love someone and that’s what you’re really into, you feel brilliant. My anal sex drawings aren’t recent; I am prob...
