Gilbert and George
Gilbert, born 1943 in the Dolomites, Italy, and George, born 1942 in Totness, Great Britain, both live and works in London. Upon graduation from art school in the late 60s, Gilbert & George developed their own concept of sculpture, when they founded their double existence, and began to present themselves as "Living Sculptures". Gilbert & George consider themselves warriors fighting for a total expression. They want to engage the full range of the human experience – intellectual and physical, even the most dramatic, the most banal, the most shunned by social custom. Their daily struggle for artistic action becomes a metaphor for man's incessant, desperate activity.
Gilbert and George Editions
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The Singing Sculpture 1969-91
1993
From Wall Works
Offset wall poster, in four parts, pasted directly onto a wall. Overall size 220 x 270 cm (86½ x 106¼ in). Limited to an edition of 20, with an additional signed and numbered poster as certificate.
For our group edition project Wall Works, Gilbert & George referenced their iconic performance Singing Sculpture, photographed during their 1991 performance at Sonnabend Gallery in New York, as a large-scale wall poster.
EUR 20,000
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The Singing Sculpture 1969-91 [print]
1993
Aluminum foil relief print with reflective surface (which changes in the light), mounted on museum board, with silkscreen, 78.5 x 86 cm (31 x 34 in). Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
This edition documents one of Gilbert & George's earliest performances (Singing Sculpture, first performed in 1969) and illustrates their radical approach of presenting themselves as living sculptures. In London’s Cable Street, they appeared with bronze-painted faces and hands, wearing their characteristic flannel suits, and presented a precisely choreographed, mechanically-appearing singing and dance performance to Underneath the Arches by Flanagan & Allen. This work marked the beginning of their consistent artistic practice, which consciously dissolved the boundaries between art and life.
EUR 3,000
