Gilbert and George
Michael Bracewell
Found the film on The Gilbert & George Centre, that will open soon, see Art For All:
“Our art is the friendship formed between the viewer and the pictures.”
We invite you to be part of our art.
ART FOR ALL at
THE GILBERT & GEORGE CENTRE
Opening 1 April 2023
Below from ‘Warhol cooked us scrambled eggs. Or was it Rauschenberg?’ – Gilbert and George preserve their greatest moments, Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, 22 March 2023
... The pair started out in the late 1960s, rejecting static objects made for galleries and declaring their own lives and actions to be art instead. “We wanted to be part of the world, not part of the art world,” says George. “We just wandered through London and saw the tube stations, Buckingham Palace, the clubs and the nightlife – and we thought it was an extraordinary world.” In the late 60s, they declared themselves a Living Sculpture and, as Gilbert puts it, “put on the Sunday suits – with metalised heads to make it more visual”. “We became the art,” says George. “We are it! We don’t have to do anything. We don’t have to scratch, or do something. We are it. Even when we walk to dinner, we are it.” ...
