Gillian Wearing

Gillian Wearing

Key Image:

Compound Words:

Simply-bold

Subtly-dramatic

Naturally-vibrant

Seriously-strong

Statically-stimulating

Honestly-meaningful

Quotes:

"Wearing creates a powerful discrepancy between the public and the private"
"I am interested in collaboration, in people having a voice, there are so many different things to be said and learned by listening to as many people as possible"
"Wearing is one of the most interesting British artists of her generation"

Title Ideas:

Publicizing Privacy
Give Them A Mask, and They Will Tell The Truth
People Revealed One Mask at a Time
Masks of Honesty (or Comfort)
Exposing Society
Photography Can Be Strikingly Honest

Links:

http://www.maureenpaley.com/artists/gillian-wearing/biography
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/picture-desk-gillian-wearing
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/gillian-wearing/series-photography-and-video

Gillian Wearing was born in Birmingham. She attended Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, Birmingham. She went to study art at the Chelsea College of Art. Wearing made a film called Drunk in 2000, which is about 4 drunk men staggering around a studio. Wearing lives and works in London. She married British artist Michael Landy in 2010.