Gilbert & George

Gilbert (born in the Dolomites, Italy, 1943) and George (born in Devon, 1942) met as art students at St Martin's School of Art, London, in 1967. Sacrificing their own identities to art, they made themselves into 'living sculptures', and have pursued a joint career of consistent iconoclasm, seemingly oblivious to the controversies they have knowingly generated, and enjoying both popular acclaim and critical hostility with equal aplomb. Francois Jonquet is a Paris-based journalist, author and art and film critic.