The Singing Sculpture

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Title The Singing Sculpture
Creator Gilbert and George (Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore)
Creator Nationality Italian; English
Style Period 20th Century Art; Contemporary Art
Description in this work, they covered themselves in gold metallic paint, stood on a table, and mimed to a recording of Flanagan and Allen's song "Underneath the Arches", sometimes for hours at a time
Subject Living Sculpture; Performance Art
Creation Date 1970 CE
Form performance
Source Gilbert and George: Obsessions and Compulsions. Dutt, Robin. Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2004.
Work ID 8568
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s65q86q7
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 33851
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q86q7
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