Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992 - 1993. - Gillian Wearing
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WEARING, Gillian.
Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992 - 1993.
First edition. 8vo. 96pp with colour plates throughout. Photo illustrated wrappers. London: Maureen Paley & Interim Art, 1997.
A very good copy.
A classic artist book documenting Gillian Wearing's excellent public artwork in which she invited members of the public to write what was on their mind on a sign. With their permission, she then photographed them holding their written statement. 'Queer and Happy', 'I'm Desperate', 'I Really Love Regents Park', 'Convenience causes apathy', are just a few of the responses.
Gillian Wearing comments in an opening statement to the works in the book: 'This image interrupts the logic of photo-documentary and snapshot photography by the subjects clear collusion and engineering of their own representation.' An incredible collaborative artwork that lends itself perfectly to book-form, not to mention a great document of the mood in 90s London.
Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992 - 1993.
First edition. 8vo. 96pp with colour plates throughout. Photo illustrated wrappers. London: Maureen Paley & Interim Art, 1997.
A very good copy.
A classic artist book documenting Gillian Wearing's excellent public artwork in which she invited members of the public to write what was on their mind on a sign. With their permission, she then photographed them holding their written statement. 'Queer and Happy', 'I'm Desperate', 'I Really Love Regents Park', 'Convenience causes apathy', are just a few of the responses.
Gillian Wearing comments in an opening statement to the works in the book: 'This image interrupts the logic of photo-documentary and snapshot photography by the subjects clear collusion and engineering of their own representation.' An incredible collaborative artwork that lends itself perfectly to book-form, not to mention a great document of the mood in 90s London.
