Gilbert & George - Major Exhibition Tate Modern (2007 - Signed) - Ishmael - 2000s

Gilbert & George - Major Exhibition Tate Modern (2007) - Original signed colorful art poster/exhibition poster for their Major Exhibition at Tate Modern from 15 February to 7 May 2007 - 75 x 50 cm.

The artwork on this poster is part of their larger work entitled Ishmael.

Name: Gilbert & George
Title: Major Exhibition Tate Modern (2007)
Background artwork title: Ishmael
Type: Original art-poster - High Quality Print
Publisher: Tate Modern
Style: Modern / Pop Art

CHARACTERISTICS:
- Original
- Excellent condition: A+
- 75 x 50 cm
- Signed in silver pen

BIOGRAPHY:
Gilbert Prousch (1943) and George Passmore (1942) form the iconic artist duo Gilbert & George, known for their provocative, often monumental art in which they themselves are central as “living sculptures.” Since the late 1960s they have lived and worked in London, where they met during their studies at Saint Martin's School of Art.

Initially they gained recognition with performative works in which they appeared, impeccably dressed in suits, motionless or mechanically singing—an intentional attempt to make art and life completely coincide. Later their work evolved into large photomontages with bright colors and graphic grids, in which themes such as religion, sexuality, identity, politics, violence, and urban culture are explored. Their own likeness almost always appears in the compositions, making them at once creator, subject, and symbol.

Gilbert & George position themselves as outsiders within the art world: traditionally dressed, outspoken in their opinions, and wary of fashionable trends. Yet they belong to the most influential British artists of the postwar period. In 1986 they won the prestigious Turner Prize, and their work is represented in leading museums worldwide.

Their oeuvre is characterized by a paradoxical combination of formal discipline and substantive provocation: classically styled compositions that do not shy away from provocative subjects. In this way Gilbert & George have secured a unique, immediately recognizable position within contemporary art.

They are related to or influenced by the following artists: Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Allen Jones, Peter Blake, Bridget Riley, Victor Vasarely, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Kurt Schwitters, Hannah Höch, John Heartfield, Raoul Hausmann, Jean Dubuffet, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Tom Wesselmann, Jean‑Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz, Christian Boltanski, Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Marina Abramović, Ulay, On Kawara, Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner