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<\/a><\/p>\nAs their reputation has grown, so too has the scale of their art. Here, vast printed panels stretch across the gallery\u2019s austere white and concrete walls, creating immersive walls of colour, collage and confrontation.<\/p>\n
Their art is instantly familiar to people who have seen their work before, but here the scale of the new collection is immense, and all of it has been created in the past 25 years \u2014\u00a0 their post-millennium art phase.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a milder selection than some of their earlier, more scatological provocations and is less shock-for-shock\u2019s sake, more wry observation. Still, there\u2019s plenty of edge. Their trademark self-insertion remains, as they cast themselves into the chaotic world they document and dissect.<\/p>\n
A wall of rent-boy adverts featuring their staring faces prompts unintended thoughts about how many of those numbers still connect, and what became of the lives behind them? Elsewhere, tabloid headlines are collaged into cacophonies of sensation,\u00a0 a commentary on how newspapers use human trauma to sell copies.<\/p>\n Famously conservative in their personal politics yet anti-establishment in their art, they critique surveillance, policing, and the self-apointed moral authorities visible around their East London home.<\/p>\n Religion is teased, the St George\u2019s Cross is subverted, animal bones become relics, and of course, Gilbert & George themselves appear everywhere. What\u2019s surprising about the art is how glossy it all feels, with the print quality being really quite remarkable and almost feeling more like backlit video walls than printed panels.<\/p>\n Love them or maybe not, you\u2019ll struggle to forget this show.<\/p>\n The exhibition, Gilbert & George: 21st century pictures<\/a>, is at the Hayward Gallery<\/a> on the Southbank until January 2026.<\/p>\n Standard Ticket: \u00a320 You can book tickets in advance from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTeens (12-16): \u00a38
\nUnder 12: Free
\nConcessions: \u00a317
\nArt Fund: \u00a315<\/p>\n