Self Portrait at 17 Years Old. 2003. Framed C-type print. Courtesy Maureen Paley, London.
Gillian Wearing at Whitechapel
Whitechapel Gallery, London
March 28 - June 17, 2012

Galleries 1, 8 & 9

The films and photographs of British artist Gillian Wearing (b. Birmingham, 1963) explore our public personas and private lives. This Turner Prize winner's remarkable works draw on fly-on-the-wall documentaries, reality TV and the techniques of theatre, to explore how we present ourselves to the world.