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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utopian popular culture in the first substantial overview of Pierre et Gilles' career to include their latest, hitherto unpublished work.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 Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Taschen, Cologne, 1993. Large format glossy tri-fold softcover folio containing 6 posters from the French photography duo. Undersides and inner fold of wraps contains info about each poster in English, German and French. Very good. A few nicks, light edge wear and minor tape residue to cover (not a repair). All 6 original posters are intact and in near fine condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1601847420639
Book Description Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within. Seller Inventory # bk3822894281xvz189zvxacp
Book Description Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within. Seller Inventory # bk3822894281xvz189zvxgdd
Book Description Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Big album, glossy photos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1708066411426
Book Description Condition: Muy Bueno / Very Good. Seller Inventory # 100000000493990