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Gillian Wearing — Selected Images from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say
Gillian Wearing

Selected Images from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say

Gillian Wearing's series 'Selected Images from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say' consists of five unique chromogenic prints. The work explores themes of personal agency and self-representation through photographic portraiture.

Medium
Five unique chromogenic prints.
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Auction House · Phillips

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Photographs

October 12, 2022

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Gillian Wearing, Selected Images from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say

Gillian Wearing's series 'Selected Images from Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say' consists of five unique chromogenic prints. The work explores themes of personal agency and self-representation through photographic portraiture.

Medium
Five unique chromogenic prints.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual, Documentary, Photograph, Text-Based, Social Commentary, Chromogenic Print, British, Figurative, Multiple Panels, Contemporary

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