The wonderful world of Gillian Wearing…

Changing oneself to resemble something or someone else is a clear sign for an alter ego personality. The images below are the workings of Gillian Wearing. For those unfamiliar, Gillian Wearing is a contemporary British artist who mainly uses photography and video to capture aspects of human life. Wearings most amazing pieces are her photographs with masks. Her self-portrait series consists of her re-creating family photos with handmade masks. She poses as her mother, her father, her brother, her grandparents, and even herself as a teenager.  

I feel like this relates to my alter ego theme, as some alter ego characteristics change who they are by applying a mask or wig, etc. 

I didn’t even think of referencing Gillian Wearings work until someone pitched the idea to me. A fresh mind always helps.

On the website, there is a link under the self portrait picture, which opens a new page  and takes you to a short video on the workings of Gillian Wearing… I thought this would be good if the viewer gets interested in the images then they can follow it up and learn more about the artist.