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Jul 27, 2023 · Learn about the iconic performance art of Gilbert & George, who painted themselves in bronze and sang a 1930s song on a table. Find out how they challenged the barriers between artists and art, and between classes and cultures.
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Gilbert & George, British collaboration between Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore, whose often humorous insertion of themselves into their art was an important chapter in postwar British art. For The Singing Sculpture, the duo dressed in suits, covered their faces in bronze powder, and sang a Depression-era tune.
Artist Gilbert & George Title The Singing Sculpture (1969-91) Place England (Artist's nationality:) Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include ...
See the largest retrospective of any artist at Tate Modern, featuring Gilbert & George's iconic living sculpture THE SINGING SCULPTURE. Learn how they became household names with their art that captures a broad human experience.
Vic Reeves has explained to The Independent that Vic Reeves Big Night Out was initially thought of as "performance art, like Gilbert and George's singing sculpture". David Bowie was a collector of the artists' work. On April 1, 2023, the Gilbert & George Centre was inaugurated on Heneage Street (near Aldgate East station).
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Gilbert was born Gilbert Prousch in 1943, in the Dolomites - the Alpine region of northeastern Italy. He came from a family of shoemakers and his first artistic endeavors were in traditional Alpine wood carving. George was born George Passmore in 1942, in Plymouth, moving early on to a small town in Devon, England.
