Gillian Wearing

British, born 1963

Self Portrait as my Father Brian Wearing from the series Album

Gillian Wearing (British, born 1963). Self Portrait as my Father Brian Wearing from the series Album, 2003. Gelatin silver 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 (P2004:14.4). © Gillian Wearing

© Gillian Wearing

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

Artwork Details

Materials

gelatin silver print

Edition:

4/6 plus 2 artist's proofs

Measurements

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

Credit

Charles Clifton Fund, 2004

Accession ID

P2004:14.4

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