We are thrilled to announce the third exhibition to take place at the Centre will be ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ – an exhibition of 18 pictures made by Gilbert & George between 1984 and 1998, an astonishingly prolific period for the artists.

The exhibition presents a rare opportunity for viewers by bringing together works from a period in which the art of Gilbert & George forged further and deeper into a phantasmagorical and visionary landscape…

Bringing together the epic quadripartite picture ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR’ (1984), which the exhibition takes its title from, the Centre presents it alongside a unique selection of pictures from Gilbert & George’s ‘NEW DEMOCRATIC PICTURES’ (1991) and ‘RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’ (1998).

From their very beginnings, Gilbert & George have sought to express in their art the fundamentals of human existence: the universal truths as they see them of the modern condition. The title of this exhibition, ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ is therefore descriptive of the subjects surveyed by the art of Gilbert & George, and the feelings that may be evoked by those subjects within the individual, who as such ‘completes’ the picture, each in their own way.

‘Each picture speaks of a “Particular View” which the viewer may consider in the light of his own life.’ – Gilbert & George

We eagerly look forward to welcoming you in May!

With Love, Always and All ways

Gilbert & George and The Gilbert & George Centre Team

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