''I'm desperate'', Gillian Wearing OBE

Artwork details

Artist

Gillian Wearing OBE (born 1963)

Title

'I'm desperate'

From Signs that Say What You Want Them To Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You To Say

Date 1992-3

MediumPhotograph, colour, Chromogenic print, on paper

Dimensionsframe: 1325 x 925 x 45 mm support: 1190 x 790 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Purchased 2000

Reference

P78348

Not on display

Summary

Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say 1992-3
Framed colour photographs on photographic paper mounted on board
Each 1220 x 920 mm (48 x 36 ¼ inches)
I'm desperate 1992-3
Edition 9/10 plus 1 Artist's Proof
P78348

Gillian Wearing first attracted public acclaim when she exhibited this series of photographs at City Racing, a small artist-run gallery in London in 1993. She had been using video and photography since the early 1990s, but this was her first significant collaboration with members of the public. Standing in a busy area of South London, Wearing stopped passers-by and asked them to write down what was on their mind. With their permission, she then photographed them holding their statement… (read more)