George: “Contact with contemporary art is extremely rare.” Gilbert nods in agreement. by Cindy Blazevic on October 19th, 2009

In the midst of my autumn of post-production for the project, I took a break from Belgrade and visited Zagreb. One of the many things I did was attend a press conference given by the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art (which opens its doors December 11th, by the way), at which the (famous) contemporary artists Gilbert and George spoke of the exhibit they are planning for 2010. The work will concern no less than “the same things that are inside of every person –  death, hope, life, fear, sex, money, race and religion”. They also said that artists should have a sense of responsibility, that they’re not in the world to please themselves and that they should behave like people in the “medical profession or in the science world” – that is, they shouldn’t keep discoveries to themselves in their studio, but rather share them with the rest of the world. Artists should serve a purpose.

Word.

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