Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES at London’s Hayward Gallery is a landmark exhibition by the pioneering East London-based artists, highlighting their evolution over the past 25 years, exploring how developments in society and technology have fed into their reflections of today’s world. The possibilities of digital technology have assisted in their making bigger and bolder visual statements than before, and this display is set to transform the Gallery with over 60 floor-to-ceiling installations, with new pictures making their public debut alongside previously-acclaimed works, taking the visitor on a journey through the modern world as the artists see it.

Newspaper headlines, road signs, postcards, overheard conversations are blended into images and text from everyday life to create vivid pictures that encourage dialogue about today’s social norms and taboos. The resulting art Is often provocative and challenging, involving complex messages messages about sex, religion, class, nationalism, corruption, and death.