Gilbert & George

Biography

Gilbert & George have been collaborating since they met in 1967 at the St. Martin's School in London. As students they adopted the form of "living sculptures" by walking through the streets and parks of London covered from head to toe in metallic make-up. Later, they moved their performances to indoor exhibition spaces and began touring internationally. From the outset, Gilbert & George wanted to collapse the distance between art and the artist. Since "Living Sculptures", they have worked in a variety of media including books, film, and photo pieces, which they also consider "sculpture" and in doing so, have transcended the modernist tenets of performance and process art as well as conceptualism. Gilbert and George have exhibited widely throughout the world. Most recently representing Great Britain in the 2005 Venice Biennale. The Tate Modern, London premiered their traveling retrospective in February 2007, which then traveled to the Haus der Kunst, Munich, the Castello de Rivoli, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Brooklyn Art Museum. Other exhibitions include those at the Serpentine Gallery, London in 2002, The Factory at the School of Art, Athens and The Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon. To download artist's CV, please click on "Printable PDF of Full Text"
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Gilbert & George, Perversive Pictures - November 6 - December 18, 2004
• Gilbert & George, The Fundamental Pictures - May 3 - June 28, 1997

Museum Exhibitions

• Gilbert & George, Perversive Pictures - November 6 - December 18, 2004
• Gilbert & George, The Fundamental Pictures - May 3 - June 28, 1997

Press

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Publications

• Gilbert & George, Intercrural Love
• Gilbert & George, Give Me the Moonlight
• Gilbert & George, Ban Religion

Selected Works

GILBERT & GEORGE Lions Balls, 2008 mixed media 59.45 x 74.8 inches 151 x 190 cm LM12627


GILBERT & GEORGE Fling, 2008 mixed media 59.45 x 50 inches 151 x 127 cm LM12626


GILBERT & GEORGE Rosaceous, 2008 mixed media 88.98 x 150 inches 226 x 381 cm LM12625


GILBERT & GEORGE British, 2008 mixed media 88.98 x 150 inches 226 x 381 cm LM12624


Silver Tags, 2004 mixed media 74.41 x 118.11 inches 189 x 300 cm LM8254


Chichiman, 2004 mixed media 111.02 x 132.28 inches 282 x 336 cm LM8233


Apostasia, 2004 mixed media 111.02 x 297.64 inches 282 x 756 cm LM8226


Haram, 2004 mixed media 74.41 x 88.58 inches 189 x 225 cm LM8262


Ethos, 2004 mixed media 111.02 x 165.35 inches 282 x 420 cm LM8231


Haunters, 2004 mixed media 99.21 x 177.17 inches 252 x 450 cm LM8243


Ishmael, 2004 mixed media 111.02 x 231.5 inches 282 x 588 cm LM8227


Over, 2004 mixed media 99.21 x 88.58 inches 252 x 225 cm LM8256


Gold Tags, 2004 mixed media 88.58 x 124.02 inches 225 x 315 cm LM8251


Fingle-Fangle, 2004 mixed media 111.02 x 198.43 inches 282 x 504 cm LM8230


Brick Lane, 2004 mixed media 99.21 x 147.64 inches 252 x 375 cm LM8245


Spat On, 1996 photograph 74.8 x 118.9 inches 190 x 302 cm LM1915


Blood on Blood, 1996 photograph 59.4 x 50 inches 150.9 x 127 cm LM1909


Bloody Naked, 1996 photograph 89 x 200 inches 226.1 x 508 cm LM1900


Holy Piss, 1996 photograph 55.9 x 99.6 inches 142 x 253 cm LM1893


Bloody Mooning, 1996 photograph 133 x 223.6 inches 337.8 x 567.9 cm LM1886


Piss Guns, 1996 photograph 83.9 x 133 inches 213.1 x 337.8 cm LM1890