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Gillian Wearing
British, born 1963
Self Portrait as my Brother Richard Wearing from the series Album, 2003
digital chromogenic color print
Edition: 4/6 plus 2 artist's proofs
sheet: 45 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (115.57 x 92.07 cm); framed: 75 x 51 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (190.5 x 130.81 x 3.175 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Charles Clifton Fund, 2004
P2004:14.5
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Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California;July 1, 2004, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
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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
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- Self Portrait as my Mother Jean Gregory from the series Album ,
- Self Portrait at 17 years old from the series Album ,
- Self Portrait as my Father Brian Wearing from the series Album ,
- Self Portrait as my Sister Jane Wearing from the series Album ,
- Self Portrait as my Uncle Bryan Gregory from the series Album ,
- Secrets and Lies ,
Collection Highlights All Collection Highlights
- L'Age d'Airain (Age of Bronze) ,
- Page Boy at Maxim's ,
- Yellow Movie 2/23-24/73 ,
- Symphony Orchestra ,
- Triptych with Footprints ,
- Orange Crush ,
- Wehgeweihtes Kind (Child Consecrated to Suffering) ,
- The Inverted Sink ,
- Maisons à l'Île d'Ouessant, Bretagne (Houses on the Island of Ouessant, Brittany) ,