"For the legions of fans of the artists Gilbert & George, the past few days in London have been exciting times. Not only has a new exhibition, Gilbert & George 21st Century Pictures, opened at Hayward Gallery, but the Philharmonia also dedicated a concert to the pair on the eve of the new show. The Philharmonia, celebrating its 80th birthday season, performed a programme on Sunday 5 October at the Royal Festival Hall entitled Gilbert & George: Sex, Money, Race, Religion."
"If anyone unfamiliar with the renowned Gilbert & George (they describe themselves as two people but one artist) were to meet them in the cafe where they have eaten their meals daily for the past decades, they would encounter two reserved and besuited men, living a quiet life in Spitalfields. They might not guess that, since meeting at Central St Martins College of Art in 1967, the two men became a unique phenomenon in the global art world."
"They present as living sculptures' and while they claim not to aim to provoke with their art, their subject matter has always provoked. Sexuality, bodily functions, race, politics, and religion have all been addressed with full-frontal honesty. They use themselves as their subject matter along with ideas they come across in the area surrounding their home in Fournier Street, between Commercial Street and Brick Lane in London's East End."
Gilbert & George opened an exhibition titled Gilbert & George 21st Century Pictures at the Hayward Gallery in London. The Philharmonia, marking its 80th birthday season, dedicated a programme called Gilbert & George: Sex, Money, Race, Religion at the Royal Festival Hall on 5 October. The concert was a multimedia production that paired orchestral music with four pictures from the new exhibition, using music to explore the same themes. Gilbert & George work as living sculptures, use photography enhanced digitally, display imagery in large framed grids, and address provocative themes including sexuality, race, politics and religion.
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