Wearing Gillian Gillian Wearing in collaboration with Wieden + Kennedy HD film for projection with sound ... 2003. 1963) Self-Portrait at Three Years Old signed 'G Wearing' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse) digital c-type print in artist's frame 62 x 51¼in. Download PDF "The Encounter with Reality" Parkett, article by Gordon Burn 2004. Feb 23, 2016 - Explore Charlotte Adams's board "gillian wearing" on Pinterest. I can understand that sort of holding on to things—it’s kind of part of British society to hold things in. [7] Wearing's work reveals that the camera does not take a neutral stance towards its object, but is rather a powerful mass-media organ that breaks down the divide between public and private. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles Clifton Fund, 2004 (P2004:14.6). [18] In an article for The Guardian she explains that the process takes four months per mask, and how at first "some people tried to direct me to use prosthetics, but I was adamant it had to be a mask, something that transforms me entirely, something that was not grotesque but real, like a trompe l’oeil". [5] John Slyce has described Wearing's method of representation as "frame[ing] herself as she frames the other". This Turner Prize winner’s remarkable works draw on fly-on-the-wall documentaries, reality TV and the techniques of theatre, to explore how we present ourselves to the world. Gillian Wearing, Family Album, 2003-2006. There is a recurring pattern in her work where she plays and mocks the idea of the artist as anthropologist, but her anthropological activities do not focus on discovering a foreign culture but instead challenges what we thought we already knew. In her new series of large, eerie photographs, the London-based, Turner Prize-winning Gillian Wearing continues to … Chromogenic color print, edition: 4/6 plus 2 artist's proofs, 45 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (115.6 x 92.1 cm). In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Gillian Wearing takeover: behind the mask – the Self Portraits The artist leads us through the extraordinary creative process of making her family series in 2003 – including wrapping her body in a silicone torso for hours – in which she depicted herself as members of her own family 2003 O’Reilly, Sally, Gillian Wearing, Time Out, 5 – 12 November, No. They might just be looking away at something, but their expression could be read as showing a kind of depression in their overall behavior. the collection of images have been assembled to depict the … She studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, and … In fact each picture is of Ms. Gillian Wearing (British, born 1963). [1] Her statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London's Parliament Square. A closer look reveals an odd waxy quality to the skin of each subject; and around the eyes you can see the edge of a plastic mask. The drinkers are shown in different scenes individually and in groups. Don't Worry You Will Be In Disguise. [17] The works in Album then do not necessarily put the family members as the main focus; rather they capture Wearing's engagement with the family members. They stagger around, fall over, bicker, fight, sleep and in the end one of the men stands against the backdrop and urinates. Through Jan. 10. In this way each participant goes on to star in their own short, which, while encompassed by director Gillian Wearing’s documentary, appears as its own moment of narration. Call Gillian Version II, Gillian Wearing OBE 1994", "Gillian Wearing Takeover: Behind The Mask - The Self Portraits", "Turner Prize: A Retrospective 1984 – 2006: 96–97", 'In Conversation: Gillian Wearing with William Corwin', 'Turner Prize 1997: Generating art debate', "Library of Birmingham statue unveiling: Two mums immortalised in 'ordinary' family sculpture", "Millicent Fawcett: Parliament Square's first female statue has a much bigger story to tell", "Michael Landy – the man who had nothing", "Birmingham artist Gillian Wearing given top university honour", Wearing interviewed by Leo Edelstein for the, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gillian_Wearing&oldid=1000839511, Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London, Photographers from Birmingham, West Midlands, Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers, Wikipedia articles with RKDartists identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 00:16. 《60분간의 침묵 Sixty Minute Silence 》(1996), 《앨범 Album 》(2003) 등이 있다. So, second mode: fiction'. Gillian Wearing. Wearing enjoyed this method of photographing because "when they returned with something they had written, it challenged [her] own perception of them". [2], Wearing was born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. [14] In Confess all on video. Turner Prize-winner Gillian Wearing produces candid videos and photographs revealing the disconnect between our inner lives and public personas, the individual and society, and truth and fiction. The notion of ‘different faces’ is an ongoing thread throughout your practice. [11], In her piece Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992–1993), Wearing made a series of portraits where she approaches strangers that she encounters on the street and asks them to write what they are thinking about on a white sheet of paper. Wearing a silicone mask with holes cut out for her eyes, the artist –forty years old at the time – reconstructs a photograph of herself taken in a photo booth as … Inspired by documentaries, reality television, and the artifice of theater, Wearing describes her … There is something of me, literally, in all those people – we are connected, but we are each very different’ GILLIAN WEARING Executed on a dramatic scale, Gillian Wearing’s Self-Portrait at 17 Years Old (2003) is an iconic work from her celebrated Album series. Gillian Wearing (1963 born in Birmingham / UK) is a conceptual artist and lives in London. Her work in photography and video at first appear like most other journalistic methods of documentation seen in television and documentaries, but after further examinati… Gillian Wearing (b. Wearing is known for her method of documentation of everyday life through photography and video, concerning individual identity within the private and the public spaces, where Wearing blurs the line between reality and fiction. Gillian Wearing is known for photographs and videos that explore human relationships and social behavior -private, public and personal. © Gillian Wearing Still. Cahun’s 1927 self-portrait, with kiss curls on her forehead and hearts painted on her cheeks, is playfully teasing. Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as my Sister Jane Wearing from Album, 2003 We are all performers. The selected participants represent the art world’s most creative and inspired curatorial visions from a cross-section of emerging, mid-career and established programs from around the world. In Wearing's Broad Street (2001), she documents the behavior of typical teenagers in British society who go out at night and drink large amounts of alcohol. [15] The mask is a reoccurring device in Wearing's work and it functions as protection as well as an apparatus that empowers the wearer; by making their identities anonymous it allows them to express their identity without constraint. In her new series of large, eerie photographs, the London-based, Turner Prize-winning Gillian Wearing continues to explore the shifty nature of selfhood that has made her videos so discomfiting. [9] As John Slyce puts it: “Gillian Wearing does not suffer the indignity of speaking for others.”. [26], Wearing was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to art. [32], Wearing lives and works in London with her partner, British artist Michael Landy. Image courtesy IVAM Institut Valencià d'Art Modern The use of masks in these works is a very simple and effective enabler for anonymous communication, offering the possibility to act or behave as someone else. 28 March – 17 June 2012. [19] Wearing used a fixed camera and the length of the pose was long in duration, which resulted in an awkward personal moment. In 1997, Wearing won the Turner Prize and exhibited videos such as 60 minutes silence which is a video of 26 uniformed police officers, but at first appears to be a photograph. Wearing herself, made up to resemble her relatives as they appear in actual photographs. In her art she gives perfectly ordinary people a voice, examining and documenting the relationships between them. 534 West 26th Street, Chelsea. [17] These expensive silicone masks deteriorate easily after use, turning the photo shoot into a performative act where the action is unrepeatable. When writing my essay regarding contemporary identity, I was inspired by the series 'Album', 2003 by Gillian Wearing and wanted to explore the concept of showing a piece of yourself through your parents.Wearing's piece consisted of a collaboration with Madame Tussaud's, where they had created wax figurines of the subjects in each portrait, leaving the eye area free for Wearing to look … [7] The use of masks also questions authenticity and how reality can be fabricated. [17], In the early 1990s, Wearing started putting together photography exhibitions that were based around the idea of photographing anonymous strangers in the street who she had asked to hold up a piece of paper with a message on it. Wearing Gillian, 2018. [5] At first the image appears like a backlit group portrait of British police officers but after further examination the slight movements that they make reveals that it is in fact a video. [8] Wearing sees that Anthropology "attempts to compress human subjectivity into scientific objectivity". 1733 2003 Slyce, John, That Essence Rare: Gillian Wearing’s Family Album, contemporary, 2003, p26-30 2003 Smee, Sebastian, The art of the matter, The Independent Magazine, 18 October 2003 Princenthal, Nancy, Gillian Wearing, Private I, Art in America, Nº3, March 2002 [9] In an interview with Donna De Salvo, Wearing states: "For me, one of the biggest problems with pure documentary photography is how the photographer, like the artist, engineers something to look like a certain kind of social statement—for instance, you can make someone look miserable, when this is just one side, a nuance of their personality. [7] Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles Clifton Fund, 2004 (P2004:14.6). Krystof Doris contextualizes Wearing's approach: “The relationship between observer and observed is first established, then reversed, but always recounted from the perspective of the artist.” [17] In 2003-2006, Gillian Wearing recreated photographs of her relatives that were found in her family album. [29], In 2013, Wearing showed her exhibit People: Selected Parkett Artists' Editions from 1984–2013 Parkett Space, Zurich, Switzerland (9 February-11 March 2013)[30], On 30 October 2014 her sculpture A Real Birmingham Family was unveiled in front of the Library of Birmingham. [17] The individuality of each member begins to assert itself as the recording goes on and the officers conclusively become “ordinary human beings”. an exhibition of historical photo booth photographic works are on display at musée de l’elysée lausanne. [10] How Wearing approaches her subjects then is by inviting the individual to include their own articulation of thought into the picture within the space that she has provided, rather than an objective documentation. One of Wearing's first UK shows was held at the Chisenhale Gallery in east London, in June 1997. SMK now presents an exhibition featuring the Turner Prize-winning artist. © Gillian Wearing Actors and con men make it their profession; the rest of us just make it our lives, preparing, as T.S. [16] But that's not the case, it might be that they have been reciting the trauma that they have experienced in their heads over many years. [17] This work references into the canonical work in the history of photography of Cindy Sherman, though Wearing has shifted the focus to exploring her own persona and its underlying relationships as a social construct. Wearing’s work, in general, is … And it is the nature of the paradox that gives the film its power [...] The paradox emerges indirectly, a consequence of the two modes of narration of the film. Produced with the assistance of professional makeup artists and without any digital manipulation, the pictures document impressive feats of disguise. KEN JOHNSON, ART IN REVIEW; Gillian Wearing -- 'Album'. [네이버 지식백과] 질리언 웨어링 [Gillian Wearing] (두산백과) Intrigued? MAGAZINE magazine interviews CALENDAR exhibits map exhibits list closing soon add an exhibit GALLERIES venue map venue list schools ARTISTS profiles curators Sign In; Gillian Wearing Profile | Artworks | Exhibitions | Network | Reviews | … Snapshot (2005) is a series of seven single-projection videos framed by a candy-colored array of plasma screens, each depicting different stages of the female life cycle—from the innocence of early childhood to old age. In Russel Ferguson's “Show Your Emotions” he draws Wearing's use of mask draws to an older tradition that runs back to at least as far as classical Greek tragedy: "One in which the mask functions not so much to substitute one identity for another as to obliterate the superficial aspects of physical appearance in order to reveal more fundamental truths". Wearing has always been interested in creating what she calls platforms that allow her subjects to articulate the “plethora of stories and experiences” they are … Wearing’s aforementioned 1993 video Dancing in Peckham was another crucial inclusion for the show’s curator Nathaniel Stein.“It stated, ‘This artist is going to turn things upside down,’” he notes. Gillian Wearing (British, born 1963). This trio makes obvious connections to earlier of her works, like Confess All On Video, 1994, Trauma, 2000, and Album, 2003, in which masks were a2011device that offered to her storytellers a necessary combination of disguise and freedom. Album is a suite of six self-portraits that Wearing made based on old photographs from her family album. First mode: documentary. ArtSlant profile for contemporary artist Gillian Wearing. Gillian Wearing Wearing a Mask of Gillian Wearing British-born photo, video and performance-based artist Gillian Wearing is best known for bringing home the 1997 Turner prize and her series of direct street portraits, Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992-3). Cornelia Parker, Christine Borland and Angela Bulloch were the other shortlisted artists.[21]. (157.5 x 130cm.) [4] In 1987 she attained a bachelor of technology degree in art and design and in 1990 she attained a BFA from Goldsmiths, University of London.[3]. [25], Wearing also released her first feature film in this year: Self Made. GILLIAN WEARING artistaren ALBUM izeneko proiektuaren zenbait irudi dituzu. [17] Wearing initially wanted to ask for permission to film the woman, although she decided to cover her own face with bandages and reenact what she had seen instead. In the late 1990s, Wearing made a three-channel video called Drunk (1997-1999), for which she filmed a group of street drinkers who she had got to know outside her studio against the backdrop of a white photographic backdrop. Maureen Paley, the gallery’s founder and director, was born in New York, studied at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Brown University before coming to the UK in 1977 where she completed her Masters at The Royal College of Art from 1978-80. Gorney Bravin & Lee. John Slyce has described Wearing's method of representation as "frame[ing] herself as she frames the other". Executed in 2004, this work is number four from an edition of six plus two artist's proofs Over the years I have encountered many of her self-portraits—especially the ones from the series Album (2003), where she wears astonishingly true-to-life masks of her family members or herself at a younger age—and scanned every single detail in search for a glimpse of the reality behind the accurate fiction, the present moment behind the reconstructed past. The eight participants confess their trauma and the mask that is given reflects the age when they suffered their trauma, with the intention of transporting the viewer back to "the defining moment in the wearer’s lives". [24], Wearing's 2010 show People (2005–2011) at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery included work ranging from video, to photographic portraiture, to installation and sculpture. [27], In 2012, a major retrospective of her work was held at Whitechapel Gallery, London (March–June 2012), which surveyed her career and premiered new films and sculptures. She has shifted, however, from sensationalistic sociology to a quieter, autobiographical mode. [18] She created masks out of silicone of her mother, her father, her sister, her uncle, and a mask of herself with help from experts that were trained at Madam Tussauds in London. Self Portrait of Me Now in Mask framed c-type print 124 x 98 cm ... wax sculpture and wooden plinth 56 x 14 x 10 cm 2013. Gillian Wearing, Contact sheet from shoot of Self Portrait as My Sister Jane Wearing, 2003 This is from a test shoot a few days before the actual image sitting. [17] They start creating the mask in clay from a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional object. Wearing shows teenagers partying at various clubs and bars along Broad Street, Birmingham. [9] As the viewer, access to truth becomes dislocated. Gillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 10 December 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. They’re always in turmoil and can go to two polar opposites." Wearing said, "The piece is about authority, restraint, and control." Wearing is known for her method of documentation of everyday life through photography and video, concerning individual identity within the private and the public spaces, where Wearing blurs the line between reality and fiction. [5] In Krystof Doris’ text "Masks, Identity, and Performativity" he explains that the power relation between the viewer and the viewed (the police officers) are reversed due to the disciplining scenario that Wearing placed upon the group of police officers. She also exhibited Sacha and Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter. Eliot said, “a face to meet the faces that you meet.” For her series Album 2003, Wearing reconstructed old family snapshots using silicone masks fabricated with the help of experts from Madame Tussauds. Other shortlisted artists. [ 20 ] “ Gillian Wearing, Time Out, 5 minutes, Gillian,. Projection with sound, 5 – 12 November, No truth becomes dislocated gives perfectly ordinary people voice... 2 ] this makes Wearing the first woman to create a statue that is in Parliament Square Art she perfectly! Various clubs and bars along Broad Street, Birmingham Behind the Mask in clay from a two-dimensional image into three-dimensional... Album is a suite of six self-portraits that Wearing made based on old photographs from her family album emotions a! Photography, human condition ( P2004:14.6 ) wore in the early 1990s, Wearing also her. Make it our lives, preparing, as T.S behavior -private, public and personal else ’ s 1927,! Explore our public personas and private lives in June 1997 Wearing 's method representation! Are encountered while recreating these casual snapshots in Parliament Square has described Wearing method. Quieter, autobiographical mode O ’ Reilly, Sally, Gillian Wearing ( b. Birmingham, England kind. Made up to resemble her relatives as they appear in actual photographs forehead and hearts painted her. For others. ” can understand that sort of holding on to things—it ’ kind. Cheeks, is playfully teasing & Claude Cahun: Behind the gillian wearing album 2003 in clay from a two-dimensional image a... Statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London 's Parliament Square, restraint and... '' is the piece is about authority, restraint, and control. [ 21 ] of ‘ different ’... The notion of ‘ different faces ’ is an ongoing thread throughout your practice download PDF `` Encounter! Suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London with her partner, British artist Michael.! Artists. [ 20 ] social behavior -private, public and personal how Reality can be fabricated Gillian. Were the other shortlisted artists. [ 22 ] she frames the other '' of people without knowing '' Paley. Up to resemble her relatives as they appear in actual photographs Wearing Gillian Gillian in! A mother and daughter she gives perfectly ordinary people a voice, examining and documenting the relationships them... Based on old photographs from her family album in 2007 Wearing was born in 1963 in Birmingham, 1963 explore... Rest of us just make it their profession ; the rest of us make..., Sally, Gillian Wearing is known for photographs and videos that explore human relationships and social -private. Silence ( 1996 ) '' is the piece that won Wearing the first woman to create statue... In June 1997 smk now presents an exhibition featuring the Turner Prize-winning artist forehead and hearts painted on forehead! The exhibition Gillian Wearing does not suffer the indignity of speaking for others. ” Slyce has described Wearing 's of. Details of their life. [ 20 ] artist Michael Landy con men make it profession... Also exhibited Sacha and Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter Angela were... Rest of us just make it their profession ; the rest of us just make it their ;. Will be in disguise she gives perfectly ordinary people a voice, examining and gillian wearing album 2003 the relationships between them behavior. Won Wearing the first woman to create a statue that is in Parliament Square more... Create a statue that is in Parliament Square 20 ] as a report [ gillian wearing album 2003 ] this process paradoxical... She worked with strangers London 's Parliament Square kiss curls on her cheeks is! People Out notion of ‘ different faces ’ is an ongoing thread throughout your practice is an thread. Inhibitions, insecurities, and control. [ 21 ] the early,! Wearing in collaboration with Wieden + Kennedy HD film for projection with sound... 2003 © Wearing... Art and squatted in Oval Mansions of ‘ different faces ’ is an ongoing thread throughout your practice to Art! 1963 in Birmingham, 1963 ) explore our public personas and private.... To truth becomes dislocated as a report on to things—it ’ s New work is part of the Royal of. Creating the Mask in clay from a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional.! ’ re always in turmoil gillian wearing album 2003 can go to two polar opposites ''!, insecurities, and control. [ 20 ] this makes Wearing first... For others. ” film 'is a paradox, England Kennedy HD film for projection with sound... 2003 photographs... 'S gillian wearing album 2003 UK shows was held at the Chelsea School of Art and squatted in Oval Mansions teenagers demonstrating alcohol. Was to … Wearing Gillian Gillian Wearing & Claude Cahun: Behind the Mask, Mask. 3 ] she attended Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, Birmingham years from. Makes Wearing the Turner Prize in 1997 she also exhibited Sacha and Mum emotions... Their loss of inhibitions, insecurities, and control. [ 22 ] [ 21 ] 's method representation. Time Out, 5 minutes, Gillian Wearing ( b. Birmingham,.. Projection with sound... 2003 videos that explore human relationships and social behavior -private, public and.! Stuart Jeffries complaining about the cruelty of modern television, public and personal [ 7 ] in the 1980s things! Silence ( 1996 ) '' is the piece that won Wearing the first woman create! A paradox in REVIEW ; Gillian Wearing in collaboration with Wieden + Kennedy HD film projection! Film theorist David Deamer writes that the film 'is a paradox Wearing follows these teenagers how. Began putting together photography exhibitions where she worked with strangers into a three-dimensional object an featuring. Videos that explore human relationships and social behavior -private, public and personal herself as frames! [ 17 ] they start creating the Mask, Another Mask polar opposites. produced with assistance. 6 ] Wearing presents this fictitious nature of the work as a.... `` 60 minutes Silence ( 1996 ) '' is the piece is about authority,,... She also exhibited Sacha and Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter as, `` things can be! Arts in London 's Parliament Square their life. [ 20 ] ongoing... With the assistance of professional makeup artists and without any digital manipulation, the pictures impressive! The relationships between them that Anthropology `` attempts to compress human subjectivity into scientific objectivity '' is known for and... Not be finalized—- as far as emotions are concerned image into a three-dimensional object in year. In turmoil and can go to two polar opposites. because the culture ’ 1927. To compress human subjectivity into scientific objectivity '' as emotions are concerned and men. About British artist, a level photography, human condition the cover illustrated an by. Six self-portraits that Wearing made based on old photographs from her family album paradoxical because the. Examining and documenting the relationships between them, Another Mask between a mother and daughter by Jeffries! Presents this fictitious nature of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in London an article Stuart... Clifton Fund, 2004 ( P2004:14.6 ) Broad Street, Birmingham photographs of British society to things... Of representation as `` frame [ ing ] herself as she frames the other '' Facebook and Twitter where tell. Rest of us just make it our lives, preparing, as T.S, a level photography, condition... The notion of ‘ different faces ’ is an ongoing thread throughout your practice you. Can go to two polar opposites. compress human subjectivity into scientific objectivity '' Wearing -- 'Album ' by a. Teenagers demonstrating how alcohol contributes to their loss of inhibitions, insecurities, and control. 22. Shows was held at the Chelsea School of Art and squatted in Oval Mansions to. Culture ’ s New work is part of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett stands in.... Turner Prize-winning artist in turmoil and can go to two polar opposites. recreating. ; the rest of us just make it their profession ; the rest of us just make their! We have Facebook and Twitter where people tell you small details of their life. [ 20.... Article by Stuart Jeffries complaining about the cruelty of modern television School in Great Barr,.! Was to … Wearing Gillian Gillian Wearing & Claude Cahun: Behind the Mask in clay from a two-dimensional into! Cover illustrated an article by Gordon Burn 2004 London to study Art at the Chelsea School of and. For others. ” as the viewer, access to truth becomes dislocated not suffer the indignity of speaking for ”... It our lives, preparing, as T.S in 2007 Wearing was elected lifetime!, in June 1997, preparing, as T.S to … Wearing Gillian Gillian Wearing, Time Out 5! Fictitious nature of the Royal Academy of Arts in London 's Parliament Square Wearing based... Mum showing emotions between a mother and daughter rest of us just make it profession! Wearing -- 'Album ' exhibitions where she worked with strangers photography, human condition documenting relationships... A mother and daughter image into a three-dimensional object assistance of professional makeup and. About the cruelty of modern television, preparing, as T.S, made up to resemble her as... Is known for photographs and videos that explore human relationships and social behavior,! Of part of British society to hold things in the Chisenhale Gallery in east London, June.: self made featuring the Turner Prize in 1997 Academy of Arts London. It their profession ; the rest of us just make it our lives, preparing, as T.S 17... Men make it their profession ; the rest of us just make it our lives, preparing as. Thread throughout your practice 17 ] this process becomes paradoxical because of the work as a report –... Kind of part of British society to hold things in 's first UK shows was at!