Gillian Wearing
British, born 1963
Gillian Wearing (British, born 1963). Self Portrait at 17 years old from Album, 2003. 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). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Charles Clifton Fund, 2004 (P2004:14.6). © Gillian Wearing
Self Portrait at 17 years old from the series Album, 2003
Artwork Details
Materials
chromogenic color print
Edition:
4/6 plus 2 artist's proofs
Measurements
framed: 44 3/4 x 36 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (113.67 x 92.07 x 3.18 cm); sheet: 45 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (115.57 x 92.075 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Charles Clifton Fund, 2004
Accession ID
P2004:14.6
Gillian Wearing’s photographs give new meaning to the notion of a strong family resemblance. All of the photographs in her series “Album” are self-portraits of the artist disguised as members of her extended family—her mother, father, uncle, sister, brother, and herself as a teenager. Wearing is known for her photographs and videos that explore human relationships and social behavior. With this work, she draws out the ambiguity of being connected to someone at the most basic, genetic level and yet being a very different individual at the same time.
Label from DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012, August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
