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Gilbert & George — Plums (post Card Sculpture)

Plums (post Card Sculpture)

1975

Gilbert & George's "Plums (Post Card Sculpture)" exemplifies the British duo's conceptual approach to everyday materials, transforming a humble postcard into a three dimensional sculptural object. The work reflects their interest in elevating banal, mass produced imagery and found objects into art through recontextualization rather than traditional craftsmanship. This piece is characteristic of their practice in the 1970s and 1980s, when they frequently created sculptures and installations that interrogated the boundaries between art, commerce, and daily life.

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Gilbert & George, Plums (post Card Sculpture), 1975

Gilbert & George's "Plums (Post Card Sculpture)" exemplifies the British duo's conceptual approach to everyday materials, transforming a humble postcard into a three dimensional sculptural object. The work reflects their interest in elevating banal, mass produced imagery and found objects into art through recontextualization rather than traditional craftsmanship. This piece is characteristic of their practice in the 1970s and 1980s, when they frequently created sculptures and installations that interrogated the boundaries between art, commerce, and daily life.

Year
1975
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Still Life Subject, Sculptural Installation, British Artists, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century, witty aesthetic, postcard medium, Assemblage technique

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Alex Capecelatro