McDermott & McGough do ironical religious scenes: In Shocked to Read that Jesus Christ Associated with the Poor and Humble, 1927, 1989, a dandy soaks his foot; in The Last Supper, 1898,1998, two women sit in front of a table occupied by gesticulating figures; The Tomb of Lazarus, 1902, 1989, shows rough - hewn stones in the woods; their gently homoerotic Christ Bound, 1904, 1989, depicts Christ, arms tied above his head, wearing
a white loincloth.
The centrepiece of that display was the work that has transformed his reputation over the past two years - Ecce Homo, the
whited form of an all - too - mortal Jesus Christ wearing a
loincloth and a crown of thorns made for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.