“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”.