Big Ideas presents Gilbert and Georges Manifesto For Life .mp4

Eccentric British artists Gilbert and George have managed to remain cutting-edge well into middle age. The inseparable duo, who met in 1967 and married in 2002, have spent decades producing works that challenge social norms. However, their avant-garde art and lifestyle are belied by their conservative appearance, Thatcherite politics, and support for the monarchy. Here, in a delightful conversation with Edmund Capon at the Art Gallery of NSW, they discuss their unconventional lives.

Briton George Passmore and Italian Gilbert Proesch met at the St Martins School of Art in London, and fell in love immediately. They have lived together in Spitlefields, East London since, and have produced a copious body of visual and performance art. They won the Turner Prize in 1986, represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and had a major retrospective of their work shown at the Tate Modern in 2007. Watch the full interview at abc.net.au/bigideas

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• art
• painting
• george gilbert
• gilbert proesch
• art gallery nsw
• turner prize
• st martin's school of art
• edmund capon

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