What I’ve seen of Pierre et Gilles’s work leaves me with nothing more than the feeling that I’m looking at over glamorized, airbrushed and Photoshopped commercial ad images. The sets, make-up, and ungodly idealized models leave little to no room for other interpretations. I say this taking into account that Pierre et Gilles’ work is photography based and our culture is drowning in images that are very similar to theirs. As art, Pierre et Gille’s work doesn’t rise above it’s source whereas most of Lisa Yuskavage’s paintings do.
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