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Pierre Et Gilles (Posterbooks) Paperback – Import, September 30, 1994

by Pierre et Gilles (Author)

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Print length

6 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Taschen
Publication date

September 30, 1994
ISBN-10

3822894281
ISBN-13

978-3822894286
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen (September 30, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 6 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3822894281
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3822894286
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces

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Clayton Joyner

This is a Beautiful Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021

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For $20, I wasn't expecting this to be such a beautiful, well-made book. The photos are bright and the pages are thick and glossy. This is a lovely retrospective of two wonderfully talented photographers.

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Hfish

fans of the duo will love this book

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017

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this book is absolutely GORGEOUS and a gem in my book collection. the textured cover is lovely touch but i was mostly impressed with the high quality color prints in the book... and trust me, it's mostly pictures!!!! fans of the duo will love this book, if you have never heard of pierre and gilles you will also love the book... it's a win-win...

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Jason Savage

this is a very nice book - not quite as good as the two ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017

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this is a very nice book - not quite as good as the two taschen books but I like it very much and it does have some later images so I would highly recommend it

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Craigaleo

Gorgeous Book!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2017

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Gorgeous Book! Comprehensive history of P + G's work, wonderful and worth the purchase price!

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017

Awesome book!

gorgeous retrospective with a luxurious mother-of-pearl texture cover

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019

Either you like Pierre et Gilles or you don't. If you do, here are some highlights of what you get in this celebration of their first 40 years together---

1977: 3 full-page images & 7 smaller images in their early, flat style. My favorite is a bare-butt cowboy with swirling red, white, and blue stars behind him.
1978: 2 full-page images & 7 smaller images. Still pretty flat. I guess my favorite here is a woman's butt covered in pale cyan paint, with a jet of water splashing in a nipple shape on one hip.
1979: 1 full-page image & 28 smaller images. Getting a little more depth here. Most of the smaller images are their Les Fonds à Fleurs line with various types in black-and-white set before stylized floral backgrounds.
1980: 2 full-page images & 12 smaller images. My favorite here is the gold-painted Eric.
1981: 3 full-page images & 3 smaller images. One of the full-page images is their iconic Adam et Eve.
1982: 4 full-page images & 8 smaller images. There's another painted boy here, the Silver Biker.
1983: 5 full-page images & 22 smaller images. Here's where P&G start to delve into the lush, symbolic garden settings that make their later work so interesting. My favorite in this year is a holdover from their flatter, campier style though, probably my favorite of theirs in that vein- MacDo with a glassy-eyed, flawlessly smiling McDonald's worker.
1984: 6 full-page images & 7 smaller images. A lot of these are of glossy, airbrushed women. My favorite is another holdover of a face on a flat, yellow background- Qu'est-ce qu'il a de plus que moi ce négro-là?
1985: 2 full-page images & 14 smaller ones. There's more symbolism coming in now around idealized types: clowns, sailors, gods, lovers... I really like Le Jeune Pharaon.
1986: 2 full-page images & 15 smaller ones. Many of the smaller images are from their Naufragés and Pleureuses lines of beautifully dead sailors at the bottom of the ocean and supermodel girlfriends crying for them back home.
1987: 4 full-page images & 2 smaller ones. My favorite here is another flat holdover, with a campy bombshell flanked by double images of her nerdy boyfriend- La Fille du Soleil.
1988: 3 full-page images & 15 smaller ones. Here we really start to get into glittering gods & saints. I've always loved Sainte Marie-Madeleine & Sainte Jeann d'Arc (both shown here in postcard size- they appear full-page in the Pierre et Gilles I have from Taschen).
1989: 4 full-page images & 8 smaller ones. Still heavy into the glittery saints. I really like Les Deux Militaires.
1990: 7 full-page images & 6 smaller ones. My favorite here is the Méduse, shown full-page.
1991: 7 full-page images & 5 smaller ones. La Madone au coeur blessé, which is one of my favorites, is shown here with its accompanying frame. While its cool to see it in its intended setting, I prefer the larger, unframed image I get in my other book.
1992: 5 full-page images & 12 smaller ones. Super-sexy Enzo Junior makes his appearance this year, staring up dreamily from a swamp of glittering, purple-black foliage.
1993: 7 full-page images & 5 smaller ones. I like Le Petit Jardinier, shown full-page.
1994: 4 full-page images & 9 smaller ones. Most of the smaller images are P&G's portraits of Thai boxers.
1995: 4 full-page images & 13 smaller ones. 4 of the smaller images are from the Jolis Voyous line.
1996: 4 full-page images 8 smaller ones. Perhaps my favorite of all P&G images- Polly from the Les Plaisirs de la Forêt series, is unfortunately only shown in 3/4 postcard size. 1996 was where my Taschen Pierre et Gilles ended, so from here on out I got to discover a lot of P&G's later work.
1997: 8 full-page images & 6 smaller ones. I've always loved the squeaky-clean Bubbles Shower.
1998: 6 full-page images & 14 smaller ones. Les Amoureux is a favorite here.
1999: 6 full-page images & 9 smaller ones. I like Le Petit Roumain, a sweet-faced accordian player wearing a tank top in a frosty snowstorm.
2000: 6 full-page images & 7 smaller ones. This year we get P&G's longtime muse Frédéric Lenfant as Ganymede.
2001: 3 full-page images & 15 smaller ones. I get a full-page of a favorite, Mercure, but the coloring feels a little greener than I've seen it online and in a calendar I had. Who knows- maybe this is more accurate to the original.
2002: 5 full-page images. I guess my favorite is Alexandre, a white-faced boy splattered with blood. P&G are definitely heading in a darker vein as they mature as artists.
2003: 3 full-page images & 12 smaller images. I guess my favorite here is L'Ange Bleu. Some of them are a bit creepy for my taste.
2004: 4 full-page images & 6 smaller images. My favorite is probably the Bouddha.
2005: 6 full-page images & 3 smaller images. My fave is probably L'As de Coeur, shown about 3/4 postcard size.
2006: 5 full-page images & 4 smaller images. I like Spartacus.
2007: 6 full-page images & 7 smaller images. I think Black Poppies is one of P&G's most mysterious portraits, shown here only 3/4 postcard size.
2008: 4 full-page images & 13 smaller images. I probably like Bare Capture best, shown 3/4 postcard size.
2009: 5 full-page images & 8 smaller images. I like the full-page Saint Sébastien de la Guerre best, one of P&G's forays into more political messaging.
2010: 7 full-page images & 4 smaller images. I probably like the US-inspired Join the Navy best for its campier interpretation of what was probably pretty unwittingly kitsch in the first place.
2011: 6 full-page images & 3 smaller images. I like Chance à l'Horizon best for it's dead-gloss adventure theme.
2012: 7 full-page images & 8 smaller images. I like Le Printemps Arabe best.
2013: 6 full-page images & 8 smaller images. Glico Paradise is pretty fun & joyful but is one of the smaller images.
2014: 6 full-page images & 3 smaller images. I like Gérard à la Campagne.
2015: 9 full-page images & 8 smaller images. I like Les Yeux du Dragon best- shown about postcard size.
2016: 9 full-page images. Le Petit Paradis is probably my favorite, although I don't love any from this last year.

There's just a handful of my favorites from the Taschen Pierre et Gilles that didn't make it into this book so you can cross-reference: Elvis My Love (1994), La Maison Hantée (1996), Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (1996), and Andy, Jiro, Johan, & Johnny from the Jolis Voyous series (1995).

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017

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Only real gripe is that the photos aren't full page

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Beautiful beautiful beautiful

Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2021

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Wonderful collection of Pierre et Gilles. The organization is chronological and the photos are beautifully displayed. 390 pages, so you will spend hours reading and enjoying it.