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THIRST 1982
  • Artist Rooms
?We are driven by everything that is slightly taboo, by the forbidden.? Sexuality is a central theme of Gilbert & George?s work, which is explored in images that are often provocative and disconcerting. `Hunger? and `Thirst? show a sexual act that is depicted in a cartoon-like, almost diagrammatic, manner. The artists have commented on these works: ?we wanted to confront the viewers in a museum, as normally you don?t see this stuff, and make them accept it. It was done in a cartoon like way because in reality they would never have been accepted at that time?.

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  • Acc. No. AR00174
  • Medium Mixed media
  • Size 242.00 x 202.00 cm
  • Credit ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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