Gillian Wearing

by Russell Ferguson, John Slyce, Donna De Salvo

British artist Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize, uses photography and video to explore the intimacies and complexities of everyday life. Borrowing from popular culture, her work is disturbing and confessional. In 1992 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 they've written,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714838241
• ISBN13: 9780714838243
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.9" x 11.5"