GILBERT AND GEORGE DISSCUSION

This week we watched a documentary about the artists Gilbert and George this sparked some really interesting discussions about their art.

There are aspects of Gilbert and George’s work that I would argue are shock for the sake of shocking but overall I can’t help but be intrigued by the way that they preserve and portray the world around them, I think that there is much more to them than a shock factor. In particular the way in which they see themselves as living sculptures, places themselves within and live their art is admirable and intriguing.

I personally think that they could have moved onto a digital format to create a disequilibrium, people have become familiar with their “style” and analogue processes, and that is what they expect to see when viewing their work. I think this change is not unlike the way in which they dramatically changed the way they work after The Nature of Our Looking, 1970 as they believed that the audiences were not receiving the full concepts of the work, instead, admiring the aesthetics and skill behind it. The new digital format seems more crude and shocking maybe even amateurish however they messages are still as poignant as ever it is just another way they can connect with an audience with the physical way of communicating ( their artworks) not getting in the way or disrupting what they wish to convey.

If you are interested in the work of Gilbert and George I would recomend watchting "With Gilbert and George" (2011)