An unbridled celebration of a life beyond guilt and expiation As sweet as raspberry ripple, as tempting as popcorn. Welcome to the seductive pictures of Pierre et Gilles. Again and again they show people in kitschy scenarios against a background of flowers and hearts. When they are not snapping portraits of the well-known - most of whom are close friends like Marc Almond or Nina Hagen - and not-so-known, they photograph themselves. Bizarre, and full of obscure significance, the photographs are reminiscent of stills from ...
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An unbridled celebration of a life beyond guilt and expiation As sweet as raspberry ripple, as tempting as popcorn. Welcome to the seductive pictures of Pierre et Gilles. Again and again they show people in kitschy scenarios against a background of flowers and hearts. When they are not snapping portraits of the well-known - most of whom are close friends like Marc Almond or Nina Hagen - and not-so-known, they photograph themselves. Bizarre, and full of obscure significance, the photographs are reminiscent of stills from film melodramas.They are always colourful and presented with beguiling polish. They plunder the repertoire of historical presentation as though they were leafing through a collection of fabrics, and assume identities as though they were part of a mail-order catalogue. Now the latest and most comprehensive collection of the works of these two photographers can be presented to the public - in a format designed by the artists themselves. In matt skin-colour, with a golden edging, the embossed cover is reminiscent of a quilted counterpane and promises a cuddly experience within. Once between the covers one can frolic at will in a soft, artificial world of pictures. This saccharine collection of kitsch encompasses all aspects of homosexuality and offers them in an appetising form even to those who abhor them. A straight challenge is issued to all readers to participate - at least with their eyes - in this unbridled celebration of a life beyond guilt and expiation.
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Add this copy of Pierre Et Gilles: the Complete Works, 1976-1996 to cart. $56.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Taschen.
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Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Text blocks printed in German, French, and English languages. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Pierre Et Gilles: the Complete Works / L'Oeuvre Complet to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Exquisite Corpse Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Benedikt Taschen Verlag.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 356 pages 437 illustrations in full color. Minor shelf-wear to the edge. A half inch scratch to the dust-jacket cover now protected with a Mylar cover, First edition. Text is in French, German and English. Gilt edges. Illustrated Biography, Bibliography, Filmography, List of Works.
Add this copy of Pierre Et Gilles: the Complete Works (Jumbo Series) to cart. $102.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Taschen.
Add this copy of Pierre Et Gilles: the Complete Works (Jumbo Series) to cart. $140.42, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by TASCHEN.
