娇莉安．沃荣 1992-1993年作 《精选图片–来自「表达你想让他们说什么的迹象，而不是表达别人想让你说什么的迹象」》

款识：印刷标题、日期（每组裱背画廊标签）

Maureen Paley, Interim Art, Gillian Wearing: Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say, pp. 7, 65 and 77

The present lot is comprised of five works from Gillian Wearing’s series, Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say, 1992-1993. For the project, Wearing asked a cross-section of London’s populace to write down an inner thought or feeling and then pose with the text held in front of them, thereby publicizing the personal. Aesthetically, the images are reminiscent of a quick snapshot – however, this understated stylistic choice is purposeful. The casualness of the visual heightens the audience’s experience of reading each participant’s emotionally vulnerable handwritten text. In certain portraits, the appearance or expression of the subject seems nearly antithetical to what they have written, particularly evident in Help where it is a police officer that holds up the unlikely phrase. Other pictures, such as More love and Come back Mary Love you Get back Mary illustrate each subject’s yearning for intimacy, not otherwise apparent. By collaborating with the public to incorporate diaristic statements, Wearing complicates the traditional documentary relationship between subject and photographer, infusing within the field themes of likeness, desire for connection, and staging, all of which remain integral to Wearing’s current practice. Conceptualized prior to the advent of social media, Wearing’s work rings particularly true in the current moment where self-representation and authenticity are key points of cultural discourse.


来源:
纽约Jay Gorney画廊（1998年）

文学:
Maureen Paley, Interim Art, Gillian Wearing: Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say, pp. 7, 65 and 77

图录文章:
Titles include:My trip to London was greatMore LoveCome back Mary Love you Get back MaryWhat is itHelp

五组独版彩色冲印

condition:
Five vibrantly colored prints on glossy paper, flush-mounted to aluminum. No surface aberrations visible. Examined and sold framed.

Help: Additional Maureen Paley Gallery typed label on the reverse of the flush-mount.

创作年代:
1992-1993年作