Gibert and George
“To Speak Across The Barriers Of Knowledge Directly To People About Their Life”: Using Powerful Art to Influence Their Viewers Through The Work of Gilbert and George
In this essay I would argue that Gilbert and George are urging us to consider three central concerns. For me, these three consist of opening our minds to the artistic aspects of society that we do not normally see, shocking us by exposing us to images that we are typically unexposed to and imploring us to be accepting of the concepts that are most commonly unaccepted. First, I feel that Gilbert and George are dealing with the issue of our outlook on society in order to make us reconsider what art really is or should be about. By doing so, Gilbert and George show us the images that we usually would not immediately relate to art so that we can open our minds to these new ideas. Secondly, I want to look at Gilbert and George's approach to shocking and exposing us to concepts that we are accustomed to, which for me opens up the concept of how the general public holds strong stigmas to such natural things. This will lead me into the examination of the issue of thinking differently. Lastly, I would like to explore the way Gilbert and George push us to accept the many denied concepts that we have created because I believe it allows us to see that the artists think about society as something to be accepting not as differences we should ignore but rather as similarities we should embrace. While looking through the sculptures of Gilbert and George, I immediately grasped a sense of amenability towards their art. I noticed that they tend to take a common public opinion and alter it in order to convey a different outlook on the subject. To me, it seems as though they strive for us to see concepts differently after viewing their expressional art. In 1977, these artists created a powerful point to their audience. They created sculptures such as ‘Cunt’, ‘Queer’, and ‘Fuck’ that had incorporated
In this essay I would argue that Gilbert and George are urging us to consider three central concerns. For me, these three consist of opening our minds to the artistic aspects of society that we do not normally see, shocking us by exposing us to images that we are typically unexposed to and imploring us to be accepting of the concepts that are most commonly unaccepted. First, I feel that Gilbert and George are dealing with the issue of our outlook on society in order to make us reconsider what art really is or should be about. By doing so, Gilbert and George show us the images that we usually would not immediately relate to art so that we can open our minds to these new ideas. Secondly, I want to look at Gilbert and George's approach to shocking and exposing us to concepts that we are accustomed to, which for me opens up the concept of how the general public holds strong stigmas to such natural things. This will lead me into the examination of the issue of thinking differently. Lastly, I would like to explore the way Gilbert and George push us to accept the many denied concepts that we have created because I believe it allows us to see that the artists think about society as something to be accepting not as differences we should ignore but rather as similarities we should embrace. While looking through the sculptures of Gilbert and George, I immediately grasped a sense of amenability towards their art. I noticed that they tend to take a common public opinion and alter it in order to convey a different outlook on the subject. To me, it seems as though they strive for us to see concepts differently after viewing their expressional art. In 1977, these artists created a powerful point to their audience. They created sculptures such as ‘Cunt’, ‘Queer’, and ‘Fuck’ that had incorporated