Gilbert & George: ‘There’s nothing wrong with patriotism’
Since Monday, a collection of exhibitionistic Londoners have seized their opportunity to stand on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square for an hour, to be gazed at by passers-by, as if theyw ere statues, like Lord Nelson. Antony Gormley’s project, entitled One and Other, has drawn praise from art critics and the general public. But what do Gilbert and George make of it? They were, after all, the first “Living Sculpture”, installed in proper galleries as breathing works of art, from their first appearance on the steps of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1969, dressed in suits, hands and faces painted gold, singing “Underneath the Arches”. Were they impressed or dismayed by this unconscious…
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