Gillian Wearing

British, born 1963

Self Portrait as my Father Brian Wearing from the series Album, 2003

gelatin silver print

4/6 plus 2 artist's proofs

sheet: 45 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (115.57 x 92.07 cm); framed: 66 x 51 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches (167.64 x 129.8575 x 2.8575 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Charles Clifton Fund, 2004

P2004:14.4

Provenance:

Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California;
July 1, 2004, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

Object Classifications:

Photographs

Gelatin silver print

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

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