Gilbert & George: DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR

Filmed in collaboration with The Gilbert and George Centre, this film invites Gilbert and George to talk about ‘DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR…’ that span the years 1984 to 1998, an astonishingly prolific period for the artists.

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 film, ‘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.

The exhibition at The Goerge and Gilbert Centre, brings together the epic quadripartite picture DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR, which the exhibition takes its title from, and presents it alongside a unique selection of pictures from Gilbert & George’s ‘NEW DEMOCRATIC PICTURES’ and ‘RUDIMENTARY PICTURES’.