{"id":18700,"date":"2026-07-21T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/mostre-ed-eventi\/gilbert-george\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:58:18","slug":"gilbert-george","status":"publish","type":"mostre-ed-eventi","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/gilbert-george\/","title":{"rendered":"GILBERT &#038; GEORGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><br \/>\r\n<div><strong>GILBERT &amp; GEORGE<\/strong><\/div><br \/>\r\n<div class=\"uk-panel uk-margin\"><br \/>\r\n<h2>from September 10, 2026, to April 5, 2027<\/h2><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<div class=\"uk-panel uk-margin\"><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe relationship between Gilbert &amp; George and the Sonnabend Gallery began in 1971, when the famous\u00a0<em>The Singing Sculpture<\/em>\u00a0inaugurated the gallery&#8217;s New York venue, marking the beginning of a personal and professional partnership spanning decades. Nearly twenty years after their last major solo exhibition in Italy, the Sonnabend Collection\u2014already home to the historic work\u00a0<strong><em>Berries\u00a0<\/em>(1985)<\/strong>, on permanent display in Mantua\u2014presents a focused and conceptually rigorous exhibition at Palazzo della Ragione.This selection of\u00a0<strong>eight emblematic works, all on view in Italy for the first time<\/strong>, traces the key milestones of the artists\u2019 nearly six-decade career while exploring the themes that have shaped their practice: sexuality, politics, religion, urban identity, and mortality.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe exhibition layout is structured around a direct dialogue between their early years and recent production. It opens with the monumental charcoal drawings of\u00a0<strong><em>The Bar II<\/em>\u00a0(1972)<\/strong><em>,<\/em>\u00a0a suspended, silent, and melancholy space.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFrom the 1980s onwards, the focus shifts toward their famous large-scale pictures arranged in vibrant geometric grids, reflecting the microcosm of our world. Through this unmistakable technique, the exhibition explores irreverent and provocative chapters such as\u00a0<strong><em>Piss off!\u00a0<\/em>(2014)<\/strong>\u2014a powerful act of visual rebellion against social conventions\u2014and the heightened urban anxiety of\u00a0<strong><em>Bale\u00a0<\/em>(2013)<\/strong>, leading to the ironic and surreal imagery of\u00a0<strong><em>Beardway\u00a0<\/em>(2016)<\/strong>, where the artists conceal their own likenesses behind the contemporary obsession with beards, transforming themselves into contemporary pop icons.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<div class=\"uk-margin uk-slideshow\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\"><br \/>\r\n<div class=\"uk-position-relative\"><br \/>\r\n<div id=\"uk-slideshow-1\" class=\"uk-slideshow-items\" aria-live=\"off\"><br \/>\r\n<div id=\"uk-slideshow-2\" class=\"el-item uk-slide-active uk-active uk-transition-active\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-label=\"1 di 3\"><picture><source srcset=\"\/media\/yootheme\/cache\/42\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-42ae68ce.webp 768w, \/media\/yootheme\/cache\/d1\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-d136080d.webp 1024w, \/media\/yootheme\/cache\/ce\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-ce3b6376.webp 1366w, \/media\/yootheme\/cache\/b4\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-b4bbd640.webp 1600w, \/media\/yootheme\/cache\/57\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-57c30dc3.webp 1920w, \/media\/yootheme\/cache\/b2\/1.%20Gilbert%20%20George%20-%20X%20-%202022-b295aa1a.webp 4465w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 4465px) 4465px\" \/><\/picture><\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":18694,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18700","mostre-ed-eventi","type-mostre-ed-eventi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GILBERT &amp; GEORGE - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/gilbert-george\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GILBERT &amp; GEORGE - Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GILBERT &amp; GEORGE from September 10, 2026, to April 5, 2027 The relationship between Gilbert &amp; George and the Sonnabend Gallery began in 1971, when the famous\u00a0The Singing Sculpture\u00a0inaugurated the gallery&#8217;s New York venue, marking the beginning of a personal and professional partnership spanning decades. 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