Starting Over

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Gilbert and George

Also on at Tate Modern is the fantastic Gilbert and George retrospective
The first thing you notice is that as you come up the stairs is that the exhibition is there already - it takes up the entire floor (usually the temporary exhibitions take a half each) PLUS the foyer PLUS the coffee bar area - so even goven there are a lot of large scale works this is a BIG exhibition. And its GREAT.
There's a really exciting range of works from their early postal works and works on paper to the more recognisable pieces. I was surprised that there was little video/film based work and missed "Gordons makes me drunk" but the work there was gave a really good overview (and many pieces from Europe and the States) - some of it stronger than others. So yes - a must see for anyone in or visiting London and so much fun too watching peoples reactions to the more explicit work ("I'm glad we didn't bring Ethel" and the group of teenage boys reading the escort ads).

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