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Gilbert & George: The Paradisical Pictures (Limited Edition)

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Informationen zum Autor Michael Bracewell is a British writer and novelist. Klappentext Writer, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell explores the paradise behind the PARADISICAL PICTURES; the 35 artworks made by Gilbert & George in 2019. The artists’ work confounds and rejects all art historical classification or affiliation to other schools or movements in art. As affirmed by the PARADISICAL PICTURES, there is no formalist, aesthetic or conceptual precedent to the ideology and vision they convey with such intensity. The paintings are fantastical, allegorical, narrative, representational, psychedelic, absurdist, modern yet archaic, surrealist-grotesque, inflected with both tragedy and comedy, filled with pathos, touchingly eloquent of human frailty, age and exhaustion. The art of Gilbert & George is a visionary art, above all – reports from a cosmic journey through life that begins on the streets of London. The PARADISICAL PICTURES suggest a chapter in a story that has been unfolding before them and will continue beyond them. This ‘paradise’ is not a destination but a stage on a longer journey. It is a dream of paradise and the exploration of an archetype that is both secular and sacred. The paradise of these PARADISICAL PICTURES proposes a more ambivalent view – a place of biomorphic mutation, exhaustion, watchfulness and possession. Hurtwood's Special Edition of PARADISICAL PICTURES is released to celebrate the opening of the Gilbert & George Centre and will include original artwork.

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Authors Michael Bracewell
Assisted by Hurtwood Press Ltd (Editor)
Publisher Thames and Hudson Distributed Titles
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 28.03.2023
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art
 
EAN 9780903696593
ISBN 978-0-903696-59-3
Pages 112
Dimensions (packing) 30 x 25 x 1.5 cm
 
Series The Gilbert & George Centre
Subjects ART / Subjects & Themes / General
Art & Art Instruction
ART / Individual Artists / Monographs
ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
 

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