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collage, and sculpture. Wearing, Gillian (2018), a short
video produced in collaboration with the global advertising
agency Wieden + Kennedy, revolves around an apparently
candid statement of artistic purpose, delivered by actors
whose faces have been digitally morphed with Wearing’s.
Lockdown (2020), a series of paintings made in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic, and My Charms (2021), a
sculptural self-portrait in the form of a gigantic charm
bracelet, expand on Wearing’s enduring investigation into
the complex tensions between authentic self-revelation
and deception. These new pieces will make their museum
debut at the Guggenheim.
Installed throughout all four of the museum’s Tower
galleries and including screenings of Wearing’s work in
the New Media Theater, Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks is
accompanied by a richly illustrated, 192-page monograph
that will survey the artist’s three-decade career with a
particular focus on her work of the last ten years. The
exhibition will also coincide with a new sculptural tribute to
photographer Diane Arbus by Wearing on view October 20,
2021 through August 14, 2022 at Doris C. Freedman Plaza,
Central Park, organized by Public Art Fund.
Gillian Wearing, Me: Me, 1991. Gelatin silver bromide print, mounted
on aluminum, 20 3/16 x 17 1/16 in. (51.3 x 43.4 cm). © Gillian Wearing,
courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/Los
Gillian Wearing, Me as Mona Lisa, 2020. Framed chromogenic print, 24
Angeles; and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
1/4 x 19 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (61.6 x 48.6 x 3.2 cm). © Gillian Wearing, courtesy
Maureen Paley, London; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/Los Angeles;
and Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Gillian Wearing, Self-Portrait at Three Years Old, 2004. Chromogenic
print, 71 5/8 × 48 1/16 inches (182 × 122 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the International
Director’s Council and Executive Committee Members, with additional funds
contributed by the Photography Committee 2004.125. © Gillian Wearing

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