{"id":504889,"date":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/art\/art-art\/the-day-gilbert-george-sang-underneath-the-arches-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"the-day-gilbert-george-sang-underneath-the-arches-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/art\/art-art\/the-day-gilbert-george-sang-underneath-the-arches-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The day Gilbert &amp; George sang underneath the arches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3dccece6350&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3dccece6350\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/le-jour-ou-gilbert-george-soufiane-ababri-numero-art-magazine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    \n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>They would repeat the performance on countless occasions all over the world until the 1990s.<\/strong> At the time, George Passmore and Gilbert Prousch were still known as George and Gilbert \u2013 a few years later they reversed their names and became Gilbert &amp; George. For&nbsp;<em>The Singing Sculpture<\/em>, the pair dressed up in strict suits and sported short-cropped hair, the antithesis of the art-world hippie look of the time. Their faces painted gold and silver, one wearing a glove, the other holding a cane, they danced robotically on a table singing along to a tape recording of&nbsp;<em>Underneath the Arches<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Each time the song was played, <\/strong>the duo, who performed as one \u2013 <em>\u201cThere are artists who collaborate, not us\u201d<\/em> \u2013, alternated who wore the glove and who held the cane. Initially, the performance lasted just a few minutes, with the song being played two or three times, but at the Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf they did it eight hours non-stop on two consecutive days, arriving before the first visitors and leaving after the last. <em>\u201cI don\u2019t know how we came up with the idea of a singing and dancing sculpture,\u201d<\/em> they said in 1997, <em>\u201cbut we realized we could produce a very intense work of art. It was rather depressing, the movements were really sad, but everyone felt strangely enriched by the experience \u2013 children were fascinated, old ladies were crying&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They would repeat the performance on countless occasions all over the world until the 1990s. 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