Gilbert and George: the singing sculpture
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 1993001: 2006ISBN: 0500236550DDC classification: 730.942 GIL RATItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | MAIN LIBRARY Oversize Stock | OS 730.942 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 070844 |
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OS 727.7 TIL Architecture for art : American art museums 1938 - 2008 / | OS 728.0973 CAS Case study houses / | OS 728.9 LAU Exceptional treehouses / | OS 730.942 GIL Gilbert and George: the singing sculpture | OS 730.942 HIR Myths : Rankin and Damien Hirst / | OS 730.942 HIR Damien Hirst : I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now | OS 730.94977 CHR Christo and Jeanne-Claude: wrapped Reichstag Berlin 1971-95 |
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In their paintings, sculptures, photo-pieces and performances, the British duo Gilbert & George have proven themselves witty, subversive social commentators. This oversize, profusely illustrated album documents The Singing Sculpture , a performance piece in which Gilbert & George--impeccably dressed, their faces and hands splotched with metallic paint--stand on a table and impersonate automatons who repetitively croon a Depression-era music-hall song about two London tramps. The duo baffled and entranced New York City gallery-goers with this ``living sculpture'' in 1971 and again in 1991. Art historian Rosenblum interprets the piece as a commentary on homelessness, poverty and the mechanization of popular entertainment. Ratcliff, contributing editor of Art in America , provocatively presents Gilbert & George as didactic artists who celebrate the world and who attempt to awaken each member of their audiences to his or her true individuality. This is the first title from a new publisher, and it's a stunner. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reservedThere are no comments on this title.
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