Gilbert & George "Bend It"

Bending It

[@tomjohnston1220]

The first time I saw this when Gilbert and George showed it during a talk they gave at my art college, about 50 years ago.

[@therubydagger]

Gilbery & George are legends! Our tutors decided to show this in a Critical Studies lecture at my university and everyone was crying with laughter!

[@jameswhite6112]

The existential implications of this performance are incalculable.

[@wanderer1955]

Nah! It's just a couple of "benders".

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

This is ludicrous pretence!

[@jonsonkie]

I heard somone describe them as a "couple of bank clerks going through a mental breakdown"

[@vonbetelgeuse6891]

YES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS!

[@aodhablackheart]

"The rude old men of British art"

[@octaviussludberry9016]

@@aodhablackheart Except Gilbert is Italian.

[@aodhablackheart]

@@octaviussludberry9016 He's a British citizen and a British artist producing British art. So fuck off and fail at being clever somewhere else, with your trying to classify people by the country they were born in. I suppose Cliff Richard is Indian is he. Twat.

[@whomonster1]

😂

[@twamley]

Why do I find this compelling viewing,brilliantly eccentric.

[@TheDaddyO44]

I'm glad I'm not tripping whilst watching this for fear of subsequent years of therapy

[@caitlynlepatourel4203]

This is now how I’m going to dance in the club with my mates

[@bparker412]

I love this so much ❤ never used to like this song, but I have been converted. Such fab clothes too.😍

[@gaelhillyardcreative]

No idea why this has turned up in my feed now. Have to say though it looks as fresh as if it were posted yesterday. Love Gilbert & George. Their new work is a delight.

[@ninawardrop7889]

Thanks for sharing this. I filmed this for a BBC Interactive TV app which allowed you to change the music Gilbert and George were dancing to. Which seems to be exactly what has been done to this footage all over KZbin.

[@TheBioskopPresents]

+Nina Wardrop hi Nina - excellent clip! We want to show it in a film programme - any ideas who we should approach to get permission?

[@mikehennyt]

Seriously their art and humor is brilliant! Ill never get over this!

[@kevluv93]

I hope I can thrust like that when I'm 60...

[@leopoldbluesky]

I'm 60 and just tried this. It was not a pretty sight.

[@manoftrent71]

National treasures.

[@paulfaulhaber8648]

Absolutely brilliant 😂

[@Stefanmetal]

i love gilbert and george.

[@oopsieboo]

gilbert and george and renowned for their "art for all". i suppose if something is funny and lots of ppl enjoy watching it, then they can call it a success for their art.

[@bonoyster]

Gilbert and George are awesome

[@viloscohaagen4230]

I've met them on several occasions, charming couple!

[@jimwhiting9426]

The tautology of their symbolism reached epic proportions with this performance!

[@kriskauf3980]

How so?

[@anodyne57]

@@kriskauf3980 Bend it 180 and naturally you end up with the symbolism of their tautology...just as epic, in any case, and no less meaningful. Now discuss.

[@salvadormarley]

This is monumentaly brilliant.

[@nosmoking4933]

This is the first time I've seen these guys 😂 years ago Alexei sayle did a parody of them which was very funny 😊

[@raghbeer123]

still great after so many years

[@jaxnean2663]

I imagined Borat jumping in and saying: very nice, I too like disco dancing!

[@egapnala65]

Gilbert: I am always amazed at the number of times we are asked: "Where do you get your shits from?" George: Of course, we now turn around and say "Harrods."

[@Miister00]

and now you beeeeeeeeend...... AND SNAP!

[@yutehube4468]

A geography teacher and a maths teacher letting off steam.

[@henrycastle1]

❤️

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Last time I met G & G they asked me for a couple of G & T's.

[@elburromedia]

I used to work at the TATE and I can assure you that it was awful listening it every 10 minutes Now i like it though

[@Joebolox]

Funny thing is, that's exactly how I dance.

[@chompzoo77]

Great artists! There's an exhibition from 'em in Brussels @ Bozar, don't miss it!

[@bimb0cat]

The Morecambe and Wise of modern art.

[@gnome1882]

god, that is so funny. gilbert and george rule!!!

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Futurama brought me here, Leela and Fry dance just like that

[@hollowgraph9929]

this is amazing

[@demoptolene]

tout simplement génial.

[@CallMeCaludia]

well i just love art, really

[@soroh0062255]

i love their art :)

[@CherryRedBanshee]

My last 2 brain cells during a test

[@pharder1234]

this is like a british tim and eric sketch

[@Protoss7]

Futurama is art. thanks

[@HugleikurDagsson]

modern art = I could do that + yeah but you didn't

[@nichotto]

Hugleikur Dagsson trouble now is we have celebrity 'artists' and whatever they do is automatically given value. A prime example is Tracy Emin, who was already a celeb on the London art scene when she 'created'' her infamous bed installation, although she now says it is in fact a painting(!?). Any unknown artist who created exactly the same installation wouldn't have been given the time of day - it has no objective value only subjective. We are now being told that she is this wonderful painter and in fact, she always saw herself as a painter (!). The only problem is she is objectively absolutely talentless with a brush. Check out her painting. It's embarrassingly bad and not in a good way. The artist/ critic/ gallery world has become incestuous with careers and profits to maintain. As for the they-made-it-you-didn't justification I remember watching one celeb artist proudly showing his latest work, when an interviewer, also an artist, said he had done exactly the same ten years before. To which the artist retorted, ' But I made it !' The 'I' being the important thing. I myself am the product of art school, St Martin's like Gilbert and George and I now would never call myself an artist. The term has become debased. Maybe I am a non artist and anything I declare not to be art, isn't ! It's taking the readymade to its logical conclusion. I do find Gilbert and Georges stuff jolly but they're from a more innocent less contrived age. Everything now is too self consciously aware.

[@tweepixie]

Great advertisement for Iphone 6!

[@oogifsesm298]

fuck off

[@brhodes0]

G+G rock. Keep it going lads.

[@joemanjj20patrol]

this makes me want to be old.

[@Gmackematix]

Do I take it that Gilbert and George are an ongoing work of art that is unfinished until both of them are dead?

[@BobPagani]

And perhaps not even then.

[@johnward650]

Why go to therapy 😂 Just put this on And don’t jump 😂😂

[@juliancharles336]

Is it art? Is it comedy? Yes.

[@TheDaddyO44]

We should be thankful they kept their clothes on

[@bobb1870]

A little fun performance art.

[@cedarraine7829]

This is what you get when Mr. Bean becomes an artist

[@stargal567]

Jesus people this is meant to be comical, lighten up. It's exactly what you're seeing: two gay men intentionally doing a bad job of getting their groove on. Go ahead and read a bit about what Gilbert and George represented. They pushed the limits of what society considers "acceptable" and "proper" and "appealing" in all sense of the words. I agree that most modern art is crap, and so is this but only in the most literal sense. If you're curious go ahead and google "Naked Shit Pictures (1994)".

[@zorusaga]

epic dance ever

[@docjoe86]

Futurama brought me here.

[@TracyInsomiac]

I don't know if its art, but it sure makes me happy.

[@dnadub]

three out of ten

[@e.dejong]

Just dropping by courtesy of Monsieur Aubergine (Alexei Sayle). The Ministry of Silly Walks is still at it I see.

[@paulinglenn]

Have G & G collaborated with any other pop stars? I would like to see what Lady GaGa and G & G could come up with.

[@misterdavidlister]

This contemporary repeat only goes to show it's absurd, bemusing, ludicrous, funny, ironic - it's timeless. As an artiist and former lecturer in Fine Art and Graphics, they are posh or at least the Brit is the Italian I'm not quite sure. I've followed there antics and they still amuse me in a visual way.

[@TwilightArts]

@barneycoles If you sell it to people as art, basically everything can be art nowadays - even though I prefer sticking to the classic definitions of art, like classic paintings and such.

[@TheDaddyO44]

Pet Shop Boys!

[@jackhillty]

i saw the original film of this last weekend at the milwaukee art museum. weirdly hypnotic. i find it odd that they chose to use cuts in this one - the original was one locked down shot. go see the exhibit. its a mindfuck and i mean that as a compliment

[@opencurtin]

They start to sweat you know its working ..

[@SnowTiger00]

Ahah f'n great :D

[@FHIPrincePeter]

I suggest Morcombe and Wise stick to their day jobs!

[@DixyRae]

I don't care who you are, or who you think you are. You're not cooler than gilbert and george.

[@TwilightArts]

@elchafa I know both artists you mentioned and their work as well. I respect "new" forms of art and know how much they influenced the world of art, but honestly: They are not my cup of tea. But I guess everyone likes diffent forms of art, so as long as we keep a certain amount of respect towards other artists we probably don't even like, it's fine for me.

[@hollymoon5]

@ElectronicNoiseDept um well I'm currently an arts student finishing my masters so yes I am doing something about it and not just complaining thanks...

[@TwilightArts]

@Smyshies Well, my definition of art covers not only a creative idea, but also effort. Painting a canvas completely blue isn't art for me. I know that art changes over time, but I think without passion, work that you can actually see in the artwork and effort it isn't art. Everyone can create art, but "classic" art like a painting of michelangelo is something not everyone can accomplish. I wanna be stunned saying "woah, that guy sure can paint/draw/sculpt/whatever", if that makes sense to you.

[@williamsterben]

No wasps!

[@lemonostiftis]

great dance of a super couple at a rather pathetic -zorba alike/bouzouki tuned- song "bend it" sung by "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beak, Mich & Tich" omg what a band name

[@paulsherry2159]

The video shoot took 9 weeks to complete, costing a record £800,000 for the time, and was filmed on location in the South of France. However, despite its overblown production it has compromised none of its artistic message and stands up as an important and relevant piece of work today.

[@markmeyers160]

Bwahaha!😂

[@hoss1962]

In some shots they looked a little like Morecambe and Wise..

[@motonegros]

More entertaining the Miley Cyrus.

[@paatoque]

yes man you should film your self walking to your car door and class that as art, or you can also stay the same and class that as art too

[@namvidz]

Oh !!!!! that was sooooo funny. Gilbert and George rule, they are the best............... Or was it just a load of Bullshit. Yep it was Bullshit alright.

[@aphmat1998]

what year was this made?

[@hoss1962]

think of it as physical comedy - if THEY did not take it (or themselves) so seriously - it could be quite funny...

[@BobPagani]

Why do you assume that they take it seriously?

[@Spacecookie-]

I think they're trying to be ironic. *shrugs*

[@ndillendille7314]

Where's Frank Spenser?Lolo

[@merrett]

That's because you're not "in"... Don't worry, I don't get it either XD

[@back2steel2]

they're completely bonkers and wonderful ! i was hoping they would get the chance to design the great britain olympic-wear for 2012 but alas no. i suppose a red, white and blue penis design might of raised a few eyebrows !

[@fuzzysock]

this hurts my bottom

[@SarahHeal]

* postmodern art

[@futilityroom]

Who said white men can`t dance?

[@unremarcable]

What the christ.

[@chichochicho3]

MONTY PYTHON are better, the true art, the beatles of the humour.

[@hoss1962]

they are too old to do it in one take now... See George sweating?...I bet you they stopped for a nice sit-down and a cup of tea between takes :>

[@Colderslave]

this is crap... even if it's performance art... I don't believe this is art at all!

[@barneycoles]

this isnt art is it?

[@timtim5450]

This is so bad it’s scary. I’ll stick with the Chapman brothers thank you.

[@abbasfakih6995]

2 gays dancing lollllll

[@hollymoon5]

its unfortunate that this is the direction art is taking..

[@rafaelc68]

Ah... The true source of Jedward's dance inspiration finally revealed!

[@mediapathic]

It also works surprisingly well with Aphex Twin's ambient works

[@gymnastix]

Gilbert & George, "Performance Artistes?" Gilbert & George, "Singing Sculptures?" This is just pretentious crap. I mean these two Euro dolts allegedly "dancing," not the song itself, which is great. Listen to and watch the only legitimate videos of this song, by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. If you want a comic angle on the song, Barbara Eden (TV's "Jeannie" of "I Dream Of Jeannie") at least sings her own version, and in not a bad voice, either.

[@fuzzballzz36]

Long live Gilbert & George!

[@diegocandia9612]

muy weno

[@longlivefilm]

@gymnastix what do you mean by Euro dolts?