Tim Marlow with... Gilbert & George

Gilbert & George are two people but one artist. Their remarkable partnership is among the most consistent and long lasting in the history of art.

In this fascinating and revealing film the self-proclaimed living sculptures join Tim Marlow in an exclusive walk round their "Major Exhibition" at Tate Modern and talk frankly about art and life.

They discuss why they dislike religion and the countryside, how they went about photographing their own bodily fluids, why they have always worn suits and how they have felt shunned the art establishment and the media.

Since meeting at St. Martin's School of Art in 1967 and resolving to make 'art for all', Gilbert & George have pushed at the boundaries of art and society. The Dirty Words Pictures of the mid '70s shocked many at the time and more recent series have provoked revulsion and accusations of blasphemy, as well as being critically lauded.

This film is a fascinating insight into their world and in itself an important document of their life and work.

Tim Marlow is a curator, broadcaster, writer and art historian. He is currently Director of Exhibitions at the White Cube gallery in London. From 1991 to 1998 he presented Radio Four's arts programme 'Kaleidoscope', for which he won a Sony Award, and in 1993, founded 'Tate: The Art Magazine'. Tim is the author of various books including monographs of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin and the Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele as well as a survey of great artists published by Faber. He is visiting lecturer at Winchester School of Art and an examiner on the Sculpture MA and former Creative Director of Sculpture at Goodwood.

Director: Ben Harding
Producer: Phil Grabsky
Five Executive Producer: Kim Peat

Catalog Number: MC-746	Type: Feature	Genre: Documentary
Copyright: 2007	Length: 63 minutes	Format:  DVD  Region: 0 (All)
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC: 880198074690
Label: Seventh Art Productions

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2008-02-29  DVD Talk By Kurt Dahlke This Seventh Art presentation of an essentially hour-long talk with artist(s) Gilbert & George is fascinating, funny and refreshing. Art Historian Marlow asks all the right questions and manages to draw some riotous information from the sometimes staid duo, while packaging everything in such a manner that newbies to the art world won't be (too) turned off. Gilbert & George met at college in the late 1960s. Quickly deciding to buck conventions of the day, they started billing themselves as a single artistic entity - the 'artist' Gilbert & George, as opposed to 'artists' - and set about to make art 'for the people.' Whether they have succeeded has more to do with the general cultural acceptance of art as a legitimate pursuit than the quality of Gilbert & George's work. Regardless, they appear to be heroes in their home-country Britain, where they say they're frequently greeted warmly by passers-by. Marlow walks through a massive retrospective at the Tate Modern art museum with Gilbert & George, discussing their past, their ethos and their methodology, all the while interviewer and subject are framed by the artist's equally massive work. From more humbly presented and sized charcoal drawings through to contemporary grid-based works, with wild colors, that could engulf a tour-bus, Gilbert & George have always presented thoughtful pieces that focus on body issues, life in a modern metropolis, and everyday hopes and dreams - things that speak directly to their 'everyman' audience. On the other hand, work from duo is also profane, sexual, aggressively humorous, iconic and transcendent - like Warhol melded with Keith Haring and filtered through Matt Stone and Trey Parker. In fact part of the brilliance of this film, either through Marlow's ultimately personable interview technique or the frankness of Gilbert & George, is exemplified in an answer to a question of where they get - and how they handle - the various bodily fluids and solids that feature prominently in many of the works. Suffice it to say that they acknowledge a newfound relationship with some of these bodily excreta (after three weeks of working with them on any particular piece) and that - jokingly? - mention of a velvet glove is made. I'll leave it to the truly curious to find out what it's all about. In other matters of 'creative secrets' Gilbert & George are less forthcoming, which is their right, but in general they are refreshingly candid, well-spoken and not at all abstruse in talking about their work. Less a documentary than a moderated artist's presentation, Tim Marlow with ... Gilbert & George will be most well-received by art students, art fans and others familiar with the world that Gilbert & George wish to explode by sharing their thoughts and feelings with regular folks. In that spirit those without inclination to the art-scene will find a lively and entertaining discussion about a very singular artistic entity, a discussion that isn't snobbish or off-putting, and one that just might engender a new enjoyment of a too often rarified world. The DVD Video: Tim Marlow with ... Gilbert & George presents the artist's work in beautiful clarity and 16 x 9 widescreen ratio. Images are sharp and clean and colors stunningly vibrant. It's a high-quality presentation that will please art-lovers and neophytes alike. Tim Marlow with ... Gilbert & George is irreverent, entertaining and quite interesting. While it - and the art of Gilbert & George - is presented to a general audience, the walk-through-the-galleries motif (as opposed to a standard documentary format) might be unusual for viewers without an art background. Nevertheless, it's a great way to get to know the subject - through their own words and responses - and is a refreshing complement to the engrossing work of Gilbert & George.

	World of Gilbert & George, The MC-723, 2007 Written and directed by the artists and released to coincide with their major international traveling retrospective beginning in 2007 at Tate Modern in London, the feature-length film The World of Gilbert & George is an extraordinary journey into... more >	$US 39.99 home   $US 39.99 educ   what's this Wholesale pricing available Available now! Format: DVD,NTSC

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