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Gillian Wearing, Whitechapel Gallery

Gillian Wearing, Whitechapel Gallery

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Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 (All day)
The first major retrospective of Gillian Wearing's internationa lly acclaimed photographs and films. Fascinated by how people present thems elves in front of the camera, the Turner Prize-winning artist explores ide as of personal identity through often masking her subjects. Highlights incl ude a striking photograph of the artist posing as her younger self, 'Self Portrait at 17 Years Old' (2003), and 'Dancing in Pecking' (1994), a filmwhich blurs the boundaries between public space and personal expression asWearing dances unselfconsciously in a shopping centre. Until 17 June http ://bit.ly/uDOaGn