Gilbert & George: Major Exhibition - Softcover

Debbaut, Jan; Bracewell, Michael; Livingstone, Marco; Borthwick, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854376667 ISBN 13: 9781854376664

Verlag: Tate, 2007

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Accompanying the retrospective exhibition of their work at Tate Modern opening February 2007, the largest ever staged at the museum, Gilbert & George provides a highly affordable introduction to the career of these extraordinary artists. Featuring chronologically arranged reproductions of all the works feautured in the show, the catalogue also includes previously unpublished installations, drawings and ephemera. Curator Jan Debbaut introduces the work of Gilbert & George and examines the importance of this retrospective, touring exhibition of their work. Novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell considers the vital role the East End of London has played in the artists' work, exploring their relationship with the city and placing them in an artistic tradition including the great 19th Century realist novelists and the films of David Lean. Art Historian and critic Marco Livingstone challenges the viewer to abandon their preconceptions before the artists' work and experience the world view of Gilbert & George in all its powerful intensity.A series of hand-written quotes by the artists commenting upon their work, and their position as 'living sculptures' are featured throughout the book and provide a fascinating insight into their artistic practice. With an illustrated chronology and bibliography designed by the artists, this catalogue is an affordable and comprehensive introduction to two of the most significant artists working today.

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Jan Debbaut is an art historian by training. Currently, he works as a professor in curatorial studies at the Art History department at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) and chair of CCS Ghent (the Center for Curatorial Studies at KASK in Gent). He also works as an independent curator. Over the last 25 years he has been directing several museums and art institutions (a.o. BOZAR in Brussels, the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and Tate Collections in London). All these years he has been curating more than 100 exhibitions (including the Dutch and Belgian pavillion at the Venice Biënnial) and building collections (a.o Generali in Vienna and La Caixa in Barcelona). He has sat on many juries (a.o. the Turner Prize) and boards and advisory committees of many international institutions (including a.o. De Appel, Amsterdam / Whitechapel Gallery, London /Palais de Tokyo, Paris /The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). He recently oversaw the creation of UCCA in Beijing and the Herbert Foundation in Gent.

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• Verlag: Tate
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1854376667
• ISBN 13: 9781854376664
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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