| Gillian Wearing Contributor(s): Ferguson, Russell (Author), de Salvo, Donna (Author), Slyce, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714838241 ISBN-13: 9780714838243 Publisher: Phaidon Press OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: British artist Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, uses photography and video to produce an honest portrait of the complexities of contemporary life. Borrowing from popular culture, her work is both disturbing and confessional. In 1993 she began the acclaimed series 'Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants them to say', in which random passers-by are photographed holding messages of their own choosing, such as the mild-mannered young businessman whose sign unexpectedly reads 'I'm Desperate'. With exhibitions in Britain, Europe, the US and Japan, Wearing is among the best-known and most international of the most recent generation of British artists. This is the first publication to examine all of this remarkable young artist's work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | Popular Culture - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 779 |
| LCCN: 99231708 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 9.89" W x 11.46" (2.15 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Artist Gillian Wearing uses photography and video to produce a portrait of the complexities of contemporary life. This book takes a look at all of her work, contextualizing it in relation to 20th-century painting, photography and video art. The text discusses with the artist her collaborative approach towards her work and its subjects, and focuses on 10-16, a video installation that charts our transition from childhood to adolescence. The full transcripts of Wearing's videos are included. |