Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore are two artists that work together to produce brightly coloured graphic style photographic art work. They work under the name Gilbert & George. They met in 1967 while studying sculpture at St Martins School of Art, starting off as performing artists they were living scupltures,  they then went on to produce a lot of controversial art work over the past 20years including Jack Freak pictures which is their largest collection. In all of their work they continue to use their figures as a main feature.

Most of their works backdrops are set in the East End of London shown by flags, maps, street signs, graffiti and other less obvious visual elements such as brickwork and foliage that can be found there. This is their home town and their work ortrays their views on life in the East End.

In my opinion, Gilbert & George are so off the cuff due to their approach to all things taboo. They have tackled nudity, bad language, poo and penises in their work and the image below is yet another taboo example....HOODIES! This image called HOODED was released when the yob culture hit an all time high 2005. I think in this image, GG were trying to portray that hoodies are unfairly stereotyped as yobs. Displayed in their trademark grid format, Gilbert and George appear to be holy like. With the white clothing and golden halo surrounding them whilst two stereotyped hoodies stand either side of them. Are they there to save the hoodies? Is the golden glow some form of protection from the so called yobs? Or are they trying to say there is nothing wrong with people who wear hoods and we are here to prove this!!??

Andrea Rose, director of visual art at the British Council, said: "Gilbert and George have made grand portraits from the hooded boys who live and work around Spitalfields, where the artists themselves have lived and worked together for more than 35 years.

"While others discuss banning youths from wearing hoodies, Gilbert and George find something positive to say about them."