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With Gilbert & George in Moscow
In the Spring of 1990, Daniel Farson flew to Moscow with Gilbert and George in order to cover their exhibition for "The Sunday Telegraph". This is an account of that tour.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 27, 1991
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September 22, 2009
To be honest I knew very little about Gilbert and George,after the book I know a little more but still the mystique they create around theirselves as well as the contradictory views on their art and them really only muddies the mythology.
This is a good book though, the artists work is shown in technicolour glory throughout and it doesn't shy from presenting a balanced view of artists from numerous critical sources.
Ultimately however it's a book about staging an art show in Moscow at the time when the old shackles of communism where starting to lessen and Glasnost was kicking in.
It's strangely life affirming too offering a snapshot of a culture alien to us in the west and shows how it touched not only the artists but all concerned with the show.
This is a good book though, the artists work is shown in technicolour glory throughout and it doesn't shy from presenting a balanced view of artists from numerous critical sources.
Ultimately however it's a book about staging an art show in Moscow at the time when the old shackles of communism where starting to lessen and Glasnost was kicking in.
It's strangely life affirming too offering a snapshot of a culture alien to us in the west and shows how it touched not only the artists but all concerned with the show.
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