Gillian Wearing, born in 1963 in Birmingham, lives and works in London.
The complexity of human relations is the central theme in the work of Gillian Wearing. Through the use of photography and video, beyond their formal content, the artist investigates the most intimate aspects of interpersonal relationships and the relation to oneself. Drawing on television formats like documentaries and "true confessions", Wearing creates common stories that manage to avoid any cynical voyeurism thank to the curious, direct but never sentimental involvement of the artist with the protagonists of her works. The use of technology in the post production phase increases the tension in the works, suspended between the evidence of the image and the emotions of the protagonists, without ever relying on spectacular expedients or pure artifice.
The work of Gillian Wearing has been shown in very important space in Europe and the United States, including: Centre National D'Art Contemporain, Grenoble; CAPC Musée Contemporain, Bordeaux; ICA, London (1997); Tate Gallery, London (1998); Moderna Museet, Stockholm; IMMA, Dublin (1999); Kunstalle Wien (2000); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Castello di Rivoli, Torino (2001); Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; Kunsthaus Glarus (2002); MCA, Chicago (2002-2003); Sammlung Goetz, München (2003); Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contamporanea, Siena (2005); Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (2004, 2007); Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (2008).
The complexity of human relations is the central theme in the work of Gillian Wearing. Through the use of photography and video, beyond their formal content, the artist investigates the most intimate aspects of interpersonal relationships and the relation to oneself. Drawing on television formats like documentaries and "true confessions", Wearing creates common stories that manage to avoid any cynical voyeurism thank to the curious, direct but never sentimental involvement of the artist with the protagonists of her works. The use of technology in the post production phase increases the tension in the works, suspended between the evidence of the image and the emotions of the protagonists, without ever relying on spectacular expedients or pure artifice.
The work of Gillian Wearing has been shown in very important space in Europe and the United States, including: Centre National D'Art Contemporain, Grenoble; CAPC Musée Contemporain, Bordeaux; ICA, London (1997); Tate Gallery, London (1998); Moderna Museet, Stockholm; IMMA, Dublin (1999); Kunstalle Wien (2000); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Castello di Rivoli, Torino (2001); Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; Kunsthaus Glarus (2002); MCA, Chicago (2002-2003); Sammlung Goetz, München (2003); Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contamporanea, Siena (2005); Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (2004, 2007); Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (2008).
