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

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

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

Name: Gilbert & George
Title: Major Exhibition Tate Modern (2007)
Title of the background artwork: Ishmael B
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 center themselves 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 performance works in which they appeared, sharply dressed in suits, moving in a stilled or mechanically singing manner—a deliberate attempt to make art and life fully coincide. Later their work evolved into large photographic montages with bright colors and graphic grids, exploring themes such as religion, sexuality, identity, politics, violence, and urban culture. Their own image almost always appears in the compositions, making them simultaneously creator, subject, and symbol.

Gilbert & George position themselves as outsiders within the art world: traditionally dressed, outspoken in their opinions, and resistant to 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 major museums worldwide.

Their oeuvre is characterized by a paradoxical combination of formal discipline and substantive provocation: classically rendered compositions that do not shy away from provocative topics. In this way Gilbert & George have secured a unique, instantly 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