Gilbert and George, artist and art
Born Gilbert: Sept 17 1943, Dolomites, Italy, Birth George: Jan 8 1942, Devon, England, UK.
Gilbert Proesch, George Passmore.
Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
British sculptors. Gilbert Proesch (Dolomites, Italy, 17 Sept 1943) and George Passmore (Plymouth, Devon, 8 Jan 1942) met in 1967 as students at St Martin’s School of Art in London. By 1969 they were reacting against approaches to sculpture then dominant at St Martin’s, which they regarded as elitist and poor at communicating outside an art context. Their strategy was to make themselves into sculpture, so sacrificing their separate identities to art and turning the notion of creativity on its head. To that end Gilbert and George became interchangeable cyphers and their surnames were dispensed with.
Moving to the working-class neighborhood of Spitalfields in London, Gilbert and George revolted against art’s elitism, naming their house “Art for All” and declaring themselves “living sculptures.”
Works in the Tate gallery
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