Summary
Named is one of a group of sixteen works entitled New Horny Pictures which were exhibited at White Cube ², London in 2001. Based on advertisements placed in magazines by male prostitutes, the works comprise large grids of photographic panels each bearing the text of the sex advertisement with its heading. In a work entitled Geography each advertisement is headed with a location: Manchester, New Essex, City of London, Bedfordshire. Another work in the group, I Am..., is so titled because the advertisements lead with a description of each individual. In Named, the advertiser’s name heads the descriptive text. Although these works are called ‘pictures’, they are text portraits and picture literally only the artists. Photographs of Gilbert and George, together or apart, are positioned symmetrically in the grids… (read more)
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