Beyond Idetity, Towards Affiliation part II, Gillian Wearing

Gillian Wearing's photographs/videos, question identity, memory, and the veracity of the photographic medium. Wearing focuses on questions of human spectacle and the blurred boundaries between reality and fantasy, through various kinds of masks—from literal disguises to voice dubbing—to conceal the physical identities of her subjects and allow them to reveal their innermost secrets. In her Family Album series (2003) Wearing adapted this strategy to a more autobiographical end. Donning silicon prosthetics, she meticulously reconstructed old family snapshots, transforming herself into her mother, father, uncle, and brother as young adults or adolescents.