Gillian Wearing
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 -
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11:00 - 18:00
Friday - Sunday: 11:00 - 18:00
Thursday: 11:00 - 21:00
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11:00 - 18:00
Friday - Sunday: 11:00 - 18:00
Thursday: 11:00 - 21:00
Whitechapel Art Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel, E1 7QX
Exhibitions: , Art, Photography, Gallery, Video
Swan song time for the YBAs? 2011 saw Emin at the Hayward, whilst this year is the year of Damien Hirst. Going a little under the radar is the Whitechapel's retrospective for Gillian Wearing, who won the Turner Prize back when New Labour came to power in 1997.
Influenced by, among other things, 1970s documentaries, Wearing creates work in film and photography that often explores the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes of 'real' people. Like Emin, she is interested in art's ability to make public that which might hitherto have remained personal and private. Unlike Emin, her work doesn't focus exclusively upon herself.
An intriguing chance to reappraise.
Until 17.06.12.
Influenced by, among other things, 1970s documentaries, Wearing creates work in film and photography that often explores the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes of 'real' people. Like Emin, she is interested in art's ability to make public that which might hitherto have remained personal and private. Unlike Emin, her work doesn't focus exclusively upon herself.
An intriguing chance to reappraise.
Until 17.06.12.
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