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Gillian Wearing

(1963-), Artist

Sitter in 8 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Wearing was born in Birmingham and trained at Goldsmith's College, London. Her work, Signs that say what you want them to say not signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992-3), in which members of the public were photographed holding signs of their thoughts, was a hit in the art and advertising worlds. It prompted Wearing to explore further the tensions between public and private behaviour. In 1997, she won the Turner Prize and in 2007 was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. She was honoured with a mid-career retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery, London, in 2000, and in 2017, Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind the mask, another mask was shown at the National Portrait Gallery.

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'Sleeping Mask' (Gillian Wearing), by Gillian Wearing - NPG L284

'Sleeping Mask' (Gillian Wearing)

by Gillian Wearing
wax reinforced by polymer resin, paint, 2004
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L284

'Mask Masked' (Gillian Wearing), by Gillian Wearing - NPG L290

'Mask Masked' (Gillian Wearing)

by Gillian Wearing
fabric mask, wax sculpture, steel rod and wooden base, 2020
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L290

'Work in Progress',  - NPG 7145

'Work in Progress'

acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145

Tracey Emin; Gillian Wearing; Georgina Starr, by Johnnie Shand Kydd - NPG x87682

Tracey Emin; Gillian Wearing; Georgina Starr

by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, 11 August 1996
NPG x87682

Gillian Wearing, by Johnnie Shand Kydd - NPG x87411

Gillian Wearing

by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, 1997
NPG x87411

Contemporary British Artists, by Johnnie Shand Kydd - NPG x87724

Contemporary British Artists

by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide print, Summer 1998
NPG x87724

Gillian Wearing, by Johnnie Shand Kydd - NPG x125687

Gillian Wearing

by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, December 2002
NPG x125687

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