Hello,
I’m Simon Anderson and I look forward to this, my first experience in blogging. I think it highly appropriate that Gilbert & George should ease my entry into the blogosphere as they helped introduce me into the realm of contemporary art. Their early performance ‘The Singing Sculpture’ also known as ‘Underneath the Arches’ formed the backdrop of a television play which I saw when it was aired in the early 1970’s. It was an unique and intriguing action and I have followed their career with close interest ever since. Although I can’t claim to know them personally, I have been to many exhibitions of their work. I was fortunate enough to see their re-embodiment of the ‘Singing Sculpture’ in New York in the 1990’s, and a few years ago I made a public interview with G&G at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and had a very entertaining time. My hopes for this blog are that it provides a forum for thought-provoking debate, and a context for the ever-developing oeuvre of Gilbert & George.