The Postcard Art of Gilbert & George Two-Volume Set

The art of Gilbert & George has always described, with utmost clarity, poignancy and intensity, the unifying experiences of being alive in the modern world.  The artists have addressed those subjects that are seldom considered within the language and focus of contemporary art and culture: that which is lowly, discarded, hidden, quotidian, awkward, confrontational, unfashionable, volatile, isolated, or left un-regarded.

The Urethra Postcard Pictures, reproduced here entirely, reveal Gilbert & George at their most intent and artistically all-seeing.  Advancing their long-standing engagement with commercially manufactured images and texts—including, in this case, picture postcards, telephone box cards and flyers—Gilbert & George describe both a modern urban world and a sexual society that is covert or marginalized within that world.

Boxed set of two hardcover volumes: 2009 and 1972-1989.
Each book is about 600 pages and measures 12 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches.