Gilbert and George

Gilbert and George
(San Martino, 1943 y Devon, 1942)

Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore are widely recognized as the best known British performance artists.

The artists view themselves as “ living sculptures” and most of their work consists of photography, video and drawing. Exhibitions of the works have been held at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Bern, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark, National Art Gallery, Beijing, Art Museum, Shanghai and at the Museo d’Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland.

2007   "Gilbert & George: Major Exhibition (retrospective)", Tate Modern, London
2006   "SONOFAGOD PICTURES Was Jesus Heterosexual?", Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
"SONOFAGOD PICTURES Was Jesus Heterosexual?", White Cube, London
2005   Gilbert & George, Tate Britain, London
Venice Biennale, British Pavilion
"20 London E1 Pictures", Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
2004   "Perversive Pictures," Sonnabend Gallery and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY
"Thirteen Hooligan Pictures," Bernier/Eliades, Athens
"20 London E1 Pictures," Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
"20 London E1 Pictures", Modern Art Museum, St Etienne
2002   "The Dirty Words Pictures," Serpentine Gallery, London
"Nine Dark Pictures," Portikus, Frankfurt
"The Art of Gilbert & George," Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
"From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection," The Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
2001   Gilbert & George," Chateau d'Arenthon Fondation pour l'Art Contemporain, Alex(Annency)
"New Horny Pictures," White Cube2, London
"The Art of Gilbert and George,' The Factory, Athens School of Art
2000   Gilbert & George, Parkhaus, Dusseldorf
Zig-Zag. Pictures 2000, FIAC, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Nineteen Ninety Nine, 1999, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung, Vienna
MM 2000; Biennale de Lyon, Halle Tony Garnier
Nineteen Ninety Nine, 1999, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago
"Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection", Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
Out There, White Cube 2, Hoxton Square, London
The Rudimentary Pictures, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1999   Gilbert & George 1970-1988, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
Gilbert & George 1986-1997, Drassanes, Valéncia
The Rudimentary Pictures, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes (inaugural exhibition)
Gilbert & George 1991-1997, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1998   New Testamental Pictures, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
"Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Photoplay," George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Selected Works from The Fundamental Pictures, Massimo Martino Fine Arts & Projects, Switzerland
New Testamental Pictures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
New Testamental Pictures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Black White and Red 1971 to 1980, James Cohan Gallery, New York
1997   "The Fundamental Pictures," Sonnabend Gallery and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
"Gilbert & George," Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
"Gilbert & George: Art for All 1971 - 1992," Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
"Gilbert & George Art," Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
"Treasure Island", Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
"Das Zwanzigste Jahrhundert" Zeitgeist-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
"'97 Kwangju Biennale Unmapping the Earth," Kwangju, Korea
Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
1996   "Gilbert & George", Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"The Naked Shit Pictures," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"La Vie Moderne en Europe 1870-1996", Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1995   "The Singing Sculpture", CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
"The Naked Shit Pictures", South London Art Gallery, London, England
"Gilbert & George", Galerie Nikolas Sonne, Berlin, Germany
"Endurance: The Information", Exit Art, New York, NY
"Take Me (I'm Yours)", Serpentine Gallery, London, Great Britain
"Attitudes/Sculptures, 1963-1972", CAPC, Musee d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
"20/20" In Khan, NY
Human/Nature Benefit Exhibition, The New Museum, New York, NY

1994    Jahn, Wolf. Gilbert & George. Museo d'Arte Moderna, Citta' di Lugano, Switzerland
1992    Kold, Anders. Andrew Wilson and Lars Morell. Gilbert & George: New Democratic Pictures, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark
1991    Farson, Daniel. With Gilbert & George in Moscow. Published by Bloomsbury, London
1990    Rosenblum, Robert. Twenty Five Worlds by Gilbert & George, Published by Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Guidieri, Remo. Eleven Worlds by Gilbert & George and Antique Clocks, Published by Desire Feuerle, Cologne, Germany
Gilbert & George Postcard Sculptures and Ephemera, 1969-1981, Published by Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
1989    Wolf, Jahn. The Art of Gilbert & George. Thames and Hudson, London, Great Britain.
Gilbert & George. For Aids Exhibition. Published by Anthony d'Offay, London, Great Britain.
1988    Buttner, Werner, Diego Cortez, Wolf Jahn. Gilbert & George. Published by Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany.
1986    Gilbert & George, The Complete Pictures 1971-1985, CAPC, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium; Palacio de Velazquez, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, Spain; Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Geramny; Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
1984    Richardson, Brenda. Gilbert & George. Published by the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
1980    Ratcliff, Carter. Gilbert & George 1968 to 1980. Published by the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Germany.
1977    Gilbert & George. Published by Taxispalais Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria.
1971    A Day in the Life of Gilbert and George. Published by Gilbert & George, London (edition of 1000)
1970    The Pencil on Paper Descriptive Works (edition 500). Published by Gilbert & George, London, Great Britain
Art Notes And Thoughts. Published by Gilbert & George, London, Germany.
To Be With Art Is All We Ask (edition 300). Published by Gilbert & George, London
A Guide To The Singing Sculpture. Published by Gilbert & George, London, Great Britain.

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