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Celebrating the work of Gilbert & George

For over twenty-five years, Hurtwood has had the joy of publishing books with the ever-iconic Gilbert & George.

This year brings a true milestone: Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, a vast retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, London, from 7 October 2025 to 11 January 2026.

To mark the occasion, we’re delighted to share this little catalogue and we’re pleased to offer 25% off all Gilbert & George titles in our shop for the duration of the exhibition.

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Gilbert & George Daytripping

A three-volume set of books, each showcasing one of the three films from Gilbert & George’s Daytripping series. Made between 1992 and 2025, the films, directed by Iain B. MacDonald, follow the artists’ day trips at different stages of their remarkable career.

Gilbert & George, one of the most significant artist duos of our time, created their three-film series Daytripping between 1992 and 2005. This three-volume set of books showcase Daytripping, Daytripping (Again) and Daytripping Forever! Directed by Southend-on-Sea-born British film and television director Iain B. MacDonald, the films follow three of the artists’ day trips from their studio, famously located in the East End of London, to the Essex coastline, asking bold and significant questions of the artists at different stages of their remarkable career.

Published to coincide with Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY

PICTURES, a major retrospective of Gilbert & George’s work at London’s Hayward Gallery, 7 October 2025–11 January 2026.

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Gilbert & George Death Hope Life Fear...

A companion to the 2025 exhibition at the Gilbert & George Centre, this book showcases eighteen striking works created by Gilbert & George between 1984 and 1998.

Gilbert & George are two men, but one artist. Tying in with the exhibition Death Hope Life Fear... at the Gilbert & George Centre in London in 2025, this book presents a striking selection of eighteen works created by Gilbert & George between 1984 and 1998. This period saw the artists’ practice expand into bold, visionary realms, marked by heightened colour, confrontational imagery and intensity.

The artists’ use of colour – jarring, industrial and synthetic – intensifies their subject matter, while their own presence within the images transforms them into seer-like figures, navigating the moral and existential dimensions of modern existence. Death Hope Life Fear… is a powerful testament to their lifelong pursuit of universal truths, inviting viewers to engage in a deeply personal and provocative encounter with their art.

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Gilbert & George The Paradisical Pictures

Gilbert & George’s work confounds and rejects all art historical classification or affiliation to other schools or movements in art. As affirmed by THE PARADISICAL PICTURES, there is no formalist, aesthetic or conceptual precedent to the ideology and vision they convey with such intensity.

The paintings are fantastical, allegorical, narrative, representational, psychedelic, absurdist, modern yet archaic, surrealist-grotesque, inflected with both tragedy and comedy, filled with pathos, touchingly eloquent of human frailty, age and exhaustion.

THE PARADISICAL PICTURES suggest a chapter in a story that has been unfolding before them and will continue beyond them. This ‘paradise’ is not a destination but a stage on a longer journey. It is a dream of paradise and the exploration of an archetype that is both secular and sacred.

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Gilbert & George 21st Century Pictures

Gilbert & George’s work has confounded all attempts at art historical classification or affiliation. Firmly rooted in their selfprofessed ethos of ‘Art for All’, this major retrospective spans their work from the turn of the century to the present day.

Covering the last 25 years, the pictures are provocative, humorous, confrontational, loving, subversive and, ultimately, timeless. Overflowing with both hope and fear, filled with humanity and addressed always (and in all ways) to the complexity of modern life with all its human contradictions and desires.

21ST CENTURY PICTURES presents the latest chapter in a story that has been unfolding since 1967 with pictures that explore societal archetypes that are both sacred and profane.

The book includes essays by long-time friend Michael Bracewell as well as the Hayward Curator Rachel Thomas and an in-depth interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist. The book is introduced by Hayward Director, Ralph Rugoff.