Two's company ... Gilbert and George pictured at Sonofagod Pictures. Photograph: MJ Kim/Getty
Gilbert & George's controversial new exhibition, Sonofagod Pictures: Was Jesus Heterosexual? is on at the White Cube gallery in London. According to Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, the works are "blasphemous in the extreme". According to the catalogue, the pictures "have all the dramatic visual impact which one might expect to find in neo-Gothic medievalism", yet "possess a darkly graven strangeness, at once archaic and ultra-modern, in which their temper, no less than their signage appears contemporary, ritualistic and disturbed". But what did visitors think? Hamed, 14, London: It's shocking. It's mocking Jesus and asking whether he was heterosexual. I don't know what the pictures are about and I don't want to know.
Jamie Robinson, 40, Hoxton: The exhibition is blatantly antagonistic, but it's been eclipsed by the recent controversy over the satirical drawings of the prophet Muhammad.
Ian, 25, London: You could knock those up on Photoshop in five minutes. I suppose it's questioning religion, but it doesn't really speak to me at all.
Amanda Bonner, 36, Whitstable: It's about power, religion and royalty. The colours are beautiful: they make me think of my nan's jewellery box.
Christy Kulz, 26, Hackney: I don't think they're amazingly important works. They're and gaudy and tongue-in-cheek, and I guess they're poking fun at organised religion. They're questioning it in an amusing way.
Carol, 22, London: It's hard to decide whether the work is solemn or just a big tease. I suppose it's about the absurdity of the pageantry and pomp of organised religion. And the artists are asking what it means to be religious, and whether the symbol of the cross is any different to a lucky charm.
Amy, 18, Surrey: At first I thought it was offensive. But it does make points about how religion is viewed in modern society: Christianity has lost its original passion.
Daniel McCabe, 29, London: Aesthetically it's very pleasing. There's a lot of visual trickery and private jokes in there. They're obviously posing questions about religion and sexuality, but I'm a bit cynical about Gilbert & George. I think they see themselves as a kind of a brand.
Andrea, 33, Palermo: I wasn't too excited about this exhibition. There's nothing really new about it. The theme is sexuality. Gilbert & George ask whether Jesus was heterosexual or gay, and it's funny, but I don't really care.
