Living Sculpture, 5 hours duration.
by GILBERT & GEORGE
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Amsterdam.: Stedelijk Museum., 1969. Colour postcard.. (15 x 10.5 cm).. Throughout 1969, in and around London, Gilbert & George organised numerous presentation as living sculptures (Underneath the Arches, Meeting Sculptures, The Meal, The Singing Sculpture), for which they typically covered their hands and faces in multi-coloured metallic paint to look like bronze statues and simply stood, sang, or moved together for a certain amount of time. On November 22 of 1969, from noon to 5 p.m., Gilbert & George gave their first presentation outside of the UK, on the interior stairs of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. ‘Posing on Stairs’ was carried out at the suggestion of Ger van Elk and authorised by curator Wim Beeren, but unannounced to the general public, which was clearly puzzled by the artists’ appearance. This postcard produced to commemorate the performance, shows the artists on the museum’s steps, with George availing himself of the handrail and Gilbert seated on a step. Photograph by Ad Petersen. [Ref. Gilbert & George 1968 to 1980, p. 64].
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- Seller
- Tim Byers Art Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 213
- Title
- Living Sculpture, 5 hours duration.
- Author
- GILBERT & GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- Colour postcard.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Stedelijk Museum.
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- (15 x 10.5 cm).
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About Tim Byers Art Books
Dealer in modern artist's books, exhibition catalogues, invitations, announcements, posters, and related printed ephemera. Stock includes material concerning all major aspects of late 20th century art: COBRA, Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Performance Art, Land Art, Fluxus, Neo-Expressionism, Post-Modernism, & YBA.