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Pierre et Gilles' roots in commercial illustration for magazine and record album covers have resulted in an extraordinarily powerful combination of celebrity culture and archetypal Christian and mythological iconography. The very perfection of the beautiful boys and glamorous, weeping women who populate their artifical paradise hints at the tragedy of doomed youth and fleeting innocence that becomes increasingly explicit in their later, darker work. Eros and Thanatos are Pierre et Gilles' abiding themes, present from the start in their images of martyred saints, and coming increasingly to the fore in the sinister shadows and almost occult iconography of their latest pieces.
This exquisitely produced book provides a new and insightful assessment of this unique, idyllic marriage of photography and painting by a leading contemporary art critic, examining the emergence of a gay aesthetic and a utopian popular culture in the first substantial overview of Pierre et Gilles' career to include their latest, hitherto unpublished work.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This deluxe edition includes the artists' monograph and an original art print created especially for the limited edition, presented in a clothbound clamshell case. Glittery clothbound clamshell case, with magnetic flap closure. Numbered colour art print, signed by the artists. Limited edition of 200 copies.On the fortieth anniversary of Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard's romantic union, this volume traces four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This year-by-year retrospective of their vast oeuvre, accompanied by an incisive essay by art critic Eric Troncy, showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Highly sophisticated and shamelessly sexy, their art-stylized, idealized painted photographs-synthesizes tropes drawn from celebrity and mainstream gay culture with timeless themes of religion, mythology, and beauty, and many works feature international stars including Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Dita Von Teese, Kylie Minogue, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, and Iggy Pop. Deals with four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This book showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9782080202826
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This deluxe edition includes the artists' monograph and an original art print created especially for the limited edition, presented in a clothbound clamshell case. Glittery clothbound clamshell case, with magnetic flap closure. Numbered colour art print, signed by the artists. Limited edition of 200 copies.On the fortieth anniversary of Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard's romantic union, this volume traces four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This year-by-year retrospective of their vast oeuvre, accompanied by an incisive essay by art critic Eric Troncy, showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Highly sophisticated and shamelessly sexy, their art-stylized, idealized painted photographs-synthesizes tropes drawn from celebrity and mainstream gay culture with timeless themes of religion, mythology, and beauty, and many works feature international stars including Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Dita Von Teese, Kylie Minogue, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, and Iggy Pop. Deals with four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This book showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9782080202826
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This deluxe edition includes the artists' monograph and an original art print created especially for the limited edition, presented in a clothbound clamshell case. Glittery clothbound clamshell case, with magnetic flap closure. Numbered colour art print, signed by the artists. Limited edition of 200 copies.On the fortieth anniversary of Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard's romantic union, this volume traces four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This year-by-year retrospective of their vast oeuvre, accompanied by an incisive essay by art critic Eric Troncy, showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Highly sophisticated and shamelessly sexy, their art-stylized, idealized painted photographs-synthesizes tropes drawn from celebrity and mainstream gay culture with timeless themes of religion, mythology, and beauty, and many works feature international stars including Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Dita Von Teese, Kylie Minogue, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, and Iggy Pop. Deals with four decades of artistic collaboration between the photographer and painter known as Pierre et Gilles. This book showcases the genesis and development of their sublime, audacious, and explicitly confected fusion of photography and painting. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9782080202826