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| Gillian Wearing Project Background Information |
| Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing’s new works are entirely wall based, consisting of a series of self portraits as various members of her immediate family. |
| This began with ‘Self Portrait as my Mother Jean Gregory’ and continues with images of her brother, father, sister, uncle and herself as a teenager and young child.Based on photos of family members when they were younger, Douglas used this reference to create sculpted portraits of each family member. |
| The clay sculptures were then moulded and cast into silicon rubber prosthetic masks. |
| Using locations and props Gillian seeks to adopt the identity of each family member, and her younger self, using the mask as a source of exploration and inspiration, resulting in a photographic exhibition, ‘Album’. |
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