Gilbert & George and the Communists - James Birch
James Birch
- Pages · 208 pages
- Publication Date · 23/04/2026
- Genre · History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
James Birch has been a promoter of modern art for over thirty years and boasts a resume of exhibitions both throughout the UK and internationally. The first gallerist to show works by Grayson Perry and the neo-naturists, James was also a close friend of Francis Bacon, Gilbert & George, Denis Wirth-Miller and Genesis P-Orridge. Written with the journalist Michael Hodges - whose work has appeared in the Sunday Times, the Financial Times, the New Statesman and Esquire - Gilbert & George and the Communists is more than just a picaresque and deeply funny riot through art history: it is an account of a world unthinkably different to - and ever-present in - our own today.�
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