GILBERT AND GEORGE - PLANED 9 PIECE MODERN ART 99p !

GILBERT AND GEORGE 'PLANED'

I will email the 9 panels in a zipped file or they can be emailed individually.

An original work by artists and national treasures Gilbert and George would normally set you back many thousands of pounds. This was originally available to download for only 48 hours !

It is the first time that artists of this stature have made work available in this way.

These can be easily printed onto A4 photo paper and individually framed or framed as one - the choice is yours. They are also of a high resolution so could actually be printed out at a larger size.

In line with the practice of Gilbert and George over many years, it consists of a number of  9 panels. The full artwork can be printed off, at any dimension, and assembled. There is no limit to the number of times the work can be reproduced.

The title refers to the plane tree, with distorted images of its leaves and fruit forming the background. It is a tree particularly associated with London and it is the texture of London streets, from road signs to graffiti and newspaper billboards, that has informed most of Gilbert and George's work for 40 years.

As with all their work, the piece also includes images of the artists themselves - in this case neatly suited and booted, but distorted like images seen through a kaleidoscope.

The creation of the downloadable work was the idea of Alan Yentob, who presentED an edition of the BBC arts programme Imagine about the artists. "This sort of thing has never been done before," said Yentob, "But when I saw how Gilbert and George made their pictures it was clear that this would be a perfect match."