Gillian Wearing

by Ferguson, Russell

• ISBN13: 9780714838243
• ISBN10: 0714838241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-19
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Artist Gillian Wearing uses photography and video to produce a portrait ofhe complexities of contemporary life. This book takes a look at all of herork, contextualizing it in relation to 20th-century painting, photographynd video art. The text discusses with the artist her collaborative approachowards her work and its subjects, and focuses on "10-16", a videonstallation that charts our transition from childhood to adolescence. Theull transcripts of Wearing's videos are included.;The book is part of aeries of studies of important artists of the late-20th century. Each titleffers a comprehensive survey of the artist's work, providing analyses andultiple perspectives on contemporary art and its inspiration.

Author Biography

Russell Ferguson is Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs and Chief Curator at the University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum. He edited Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object 1949-1979 (1998) and Douglas Gordon (2001) and has published in international journals such as Parkett and art/text.

Donna De Salvo is Associate Director for Programs and Curator, Permanent Collection, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Formerly Senior Curator at Tate Modern, she has curated exhibitions on Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Anish Kapoor, among others.

John Slyce (Focus) is a freelance writer on contemporary art who specializes in the young British scene.

Table of Contents

Interview	6	(26)
Donna De Salvo
Gillian Wearing
Survey	32	(40)
Russell Ferguson
Focus	72	(14)
John Slyce
Artist's Choice Seven Up and sequels (extracts), 1964-77	86	(10)
Artist's Writings	96	(48)
Gillian Wearing
Chronology	144	(14)
Bibliography
List of Illustration	158