Faith Curse
1982
"Faith Curse" is a twenty part series by the British artist duo Gilbert & George, created using hand dyed gelatin silver prints presented in the artists' own distinctive frames. The work exemplifies the pair's characteristic approach of combining photography with hand coloring and monumental scale to explore themes of spirituality, morality, and social critique. Like much of their practice from this period, the series demonstrates their engagement with provocative subject matter through a formal language that elevates vernacular or transgressive imagery into high art.
- Medium
- hand-dyed gelatin silver prints, in artists' frames, in 20 parts
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 11, 2024
Lot 47
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American · b. 1945
Kruger similarly combines photographic imagery with bold text and graphic design to deliver sharp social and political commentary at monumental scale, sharing the same provocative aesthetic and conceptual urgency found in Faith Curse.
Andres Serrano
American · b. 1950
Serrano works with large scale photography that directly confronts religious imagery and spirituality in a deliberately provocative manner, mirroring Gilbert and George's engagement with faith and morality as subjects for social critique.
Hans Haacke
German · b. 1936
Haacke creates large scale conceptual installations that combine photographic and mixed media elements to interrogate institutional power, belief systems, and social structures with the same critical and formal rigor present in Faith Curse.
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