🖼️ Since the 1960s, the artist duo Gilbert & George have lived and worked as an ensemble, trawling the gutter for their art. They have now unveiled a cultural centre dedicated to their work 🖋️ HettieJudah
have lived and worked as an ensemble – performing as respectable establishment figures in dress and demeanour while trawling the gutter for their art. After decades of creatively deployed expletives, and explorations of lust, body fluids, coprophilia, rough trade, drug paraphernalia, and other naughtinesses, the East End’s most recognisable residents are confronting the ultimate taboo – their own mortality. – the artists play dead and summon an appropriately gaudy afterlife.
The centre is currently free, and proudly proclaims its commitment to “art for all” though some careful wording suggests that this is contingent on money continuing to roll in. Donations are solicited, and a set of new prints are on sale to raise funds for the centre, which also has an educational remit.
I must admit I was hoping the centre would open with an archival display – a chance for new fans to see the artists as young men, and to appreciate the wit and audacity of their early works in context. Their singular career now stretches back over 50 years. Gilbert and George met at While they are fond of announcing that the whole world is on their East End doorstep, there’s only so long that you can survive at the cutting edge. In recent exhibitions, I’ve felt not only that they’ve been reaching for a subject, but that they’ve over-stretched each series.
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