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===Neon=== Emin has also worked with [[neon light]]s. One such piece is ''You Forgot To Kiss My Soul'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/youforgottokissmysoul/5|title=White Cube β You forgot to kiss my soul|publisher=Whitecube.com|date=26 May 2001|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref> which consists of those words in blue neon inside a neon heart-shape. Another neon piece is made from the words ''Is Anal Sex Legal'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-is-anal-sex-legal-t11890|title=Is Anal Sex Legal by Tracey Emin|work=Tate Etc.|access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref> to complement another ''Is Legal Sex Anal'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-is-legal-sex-anal-t11889|title=Is Legal Sex Anal by Tracey Emin|work=Tate Etc.|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref> For the Venice Biennale, she produced a series of new purple neon works, for example, ''Legs I'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil-venice.org|title=The British Pavilion for the 56th International Art Exhibition β la Biennale di Venezia|access-date=6 May 2016|publisher=britishcouncil-venice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317124346/http://britishcouncil-venice.org/|archive-date=17 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This 2007 series of ''Legs'' neon works were directly inspired by the ''Purple Virgin'' (2004) watercolour series. For example, ''Legs IV'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425153950/424046260/tracey-emin-legs-iv.html|title=Art Galleries on artnet}}</ref> directly follows the watercolour lines of the ''Purple Virgin 9'' (2004). For a joint 2010 exhibition with Paula Rego and Mat Collishaw, she decorated the front of the Foundling Museum with the neon words "Foundlings and fledglings are angels of this earth".<ref name="Alex Healey"/> Emin has donated neon work to auction for charity and in 2007, her neon ''Keep Me Safe'' reached the highest price ever made for one of her neon works of over Β£60,000.<ref name=autogenerated8>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/artmarketwatch6-22-07.asp|title=Art Market Watch β artnet Magazine|date=30 May 2007|publisher=artnet.com}}</ref> A brand new neon piece called ''With You I Want To Live'' was shown as part of Emin's ''You Left Me Breathing'' exhibition in 2007 at the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-2007-11-tracey-emin/ The image of the neon is being used in publicity surrounding the forthcoming exhibition of new Emin work] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030055035/http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-2007-11-tracey-emin/ |date=30 October 2011 }}, gagosian.com, November 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2016.</ref> In 2018, Emin's largest neon work was displayed at London [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras Station]], the work called ''I Want My Time With You'' hangs below the large central clock in the station.<ref>{{Cite web |last=St Pancras |title=2018: I WANT MY TIME WITH YOU |url=https://stpancras.com/news-events/2018-i-want-my-time-with-you}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Emin stated that the work was a message to the rest of europe during the [[Brexit crisis|Brexit Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Guardian |title=Tracey Emin sends a message of love to rest of Europe via St Pancras |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 April 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/10/tracey-emin-sends-a-message-of-love-to-europe-via-st-pancras}}</ref> Passengers disembarking [[Eurostar|Eurostar trains]] from Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam arrive at the station every day underneath the work.
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