Artist Tracey Emin, 52, has confessed to marrying a rock in a solo ceremony last summer at her home in France. The ceremony took place under an olive tree, with Emin wearing her father's white funeral shroud.
Speaking at a conference for her new show in Hong Kong, Emin explained that she found a small box containing a ring by chance. 'I put it on my finger and suddenly realised it's superstitious to put a wedding ring on your finger unless you are getting married, otherwise you have to throw the ring away,' she said.
Emin, who has never married but was in a five-year relationship with fellow Young British Artist Mat Collishaw, described the stone as 'majestic and beautiful'. She added: 'I thought about the way I love, how I pour love into things and people, passionately, but not expecting it to be returned either. The stone becomes a metaphor for my feeling.'
The artist is displaying a series of drawings of the union at her new exhibition, 'I Cried Because I Love You'. The name of her inanimate husband has not been disclosed.
