Gilbert and George atop their London Home, 1986. The celebrated artists have been delighting, and sometimes shocking, since teaming up in 1967.
Pompeii (1976). A new two-volume set, The Complete Postcard Art of Gilbert and George, is a retrospective of some of their most vivid and challenging work.
Royal (1980). The first volume focuses on the Union flag and images of the royal family.
Union Jack Cross (1981). They call it "the best flag in the world. Taxi drivers like it. People from overseas buy clothes and postcards with it on. But the art world - this so-called educated group - rejects it. Extraordinary!"
Other postcards from this volume feature the late Queen Mother...
Pope John Paul II...
and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Excitement (1981) is both charming and ambiguous.
The second volume - and new show - The Urethra Postcard Art, features 564 new works. You can visit the new exhibition at White Cube, Mason's Yard, London SW1 from 14 January to 19 February.
Die Mauer (2009) features a map pf postwar Berlin.
The show includes London landmarks, like Tower Bridge, as well as a selection of prostitutes' telephone box cards.
Postcards like England feature flags.
Judgejackhor continues the Union Jack theme.
And Buses shows yet another familiar sight from the capital...
... as does Twenty To Six.
Gilbert and George (2009) by Hans Didier
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