Talk:Gilbert & George

Yellow Pages

Could someone who knows more details enter in informationa bout them being listed in the Yellow Pages?

I saw their exhibition at the Tate Modern yesterday, and the guide says that due to their desire to make accessible art ("Art for All"), they were listed under the heading "Artists". They included their phone number and address on many of their pieces. I don't know how to reference a multimedia guide on wikipedia, though :) Dave420 14:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Guardian

The Guardian website has an article 'Gilbert and George unveil new hoodie art' [1] covering their latest work, a comment on the current UK media demonising of 'youth culture'- interestingly it links back to the wikipedia G&G article- have added the link tot he article, it would be good to incororate some text on their new 'hoody art', I'm too tired at the moment, anyone fancy having a crack at it? quercus robur 22:08, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Fan site

G&G are so cool, i love deatho knocko, but can someone actully put up a fan site or something.

Fournier Street

Am including a reference to their house on Fournier Street. If anyone objects because thay are still alive and this sort of information is private, feel free to revert. However, it is no secret and appears in many journalists' profiles. Google 'Gilbert and George Fournier Street' for confirmation.--Ethicoaestheticist 23:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

They include their address and phone number on many of their pieces. As I stated above, their desire for accessibility means they never tried to hide where they lived and worked. Dave420 14:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Sexuality

To justify the fact that the article is in the category Category:Gay_artists, and the article "falls within the scope of WP:LGBT" I think that there should be a little more discussion about their sexuality.--Malcohol 16:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Surnames

An anon editor has been removing their surnames, stating Gilbert and George don't want to be know or remembered by their surnames. That's fine, if you are an artist and have these whims, I mean Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol a few years ago, but this is wikipedia, which records encyclopaedic facts like surnames of notable people. This is not the artists private website and they don't dictate policy here. Snappy56 (talk) 10:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

first sentence

It is quite ungainly. I really don't have the inclination to rewrite it right now as I have to go to work in a bit to spend 9 hours re-writing other people's sentences, but this is mainly a reminder for when I'm feeling a bit more motivated to sort it out - or a heads-up for anyone else who wants to. 78.86.18.55 (talk) 18:46, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Extlinks

I feel that there are too many external links but some of them might make good references. Lets try to move it in that direction. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:36, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Inaccuracy in many other language Wikipedias

An IP editor has been changing the spelling of "Proesch" to "Prousch". This is not, as I had assumed, vandalism but seems to be based on the German and Italian Wikipedia's using this incorrect spelling, despite all the RS references to all the articles agreeing that it is "Proesch". I have looked at other languages and most of them are wrong. Only French and Hungarian are correct. Here are all the incorrect articles:

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Prousch
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_&_George
• http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_&_George
• http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_%26_George
• http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_George
• http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_%26_George
• http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%26%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8

Clearly this is a mistake which seems to have spread from one language to another as the articles are translated, but I am unwilling to edit these pages as I don't speak the languages.

Please can people who do speak the appropriate languages go and fix them. Thanks. --DanielRigal (talk) 10:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

What do you think about the page

• http://metroartwork.com/gilbert-george-biography-artwork-m-80.html

I think Prousch is the correct spelling. (In the French version of wikipedia, it says Prousch= correct, often misspelled as Proesch).

Gilbert was born in a German-, Italian-speaking part of North Italy. I think the german and italian people know the correct spelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.127.21.47 (talk) 07:55, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't think metroartwork.com is a high quality reliable source as it is a commercial site selling prints. I am not sure it writes its own bios. It certainly can't trump all the newspapers. You might be right that Prousch is a more common spelling (I have no idea about that) but it is not unusual for some people to have unusual spellings. For example, I constantly have to tell people that my name is spelled Rigal not Regal or Rigel. We need information about him as an individual not about the name more generally. --DanielRigal (talk) 08:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

if you look inside the book art

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Over-Works-Cave-Contemporary/dp/0756639727/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1249470619&sr=8-3 you can find gilbert prousch but not gilbert proesch.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.127.21.47 (talk) 11:12, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Hallein School of Art in Austria:

http://www.htbl-hallein.salzburg.at/alt/Bildhauer/schuelerinnen_liste/liste60-69.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.127.21.47 (talk) 11:28, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

if you search at http://www.192.com you can find gilbert prousch in london, but not a gilbert proesch... --85.127.21.47 (talk) 12:57, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, I would be surprised if he was in the phone book. Famous people tend not to be. I think that the weight of evidence is still in favour of the current spelling but it is not as clear cut as I had thought. I would be interested to know what other people think and if there are any sources which can trump the newspapers by being more connonical. --DanielRigal (talk) 13:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

you could write an e-mail to the municipality of San Martin de Tor info@comun.sanmartindetor.bz.it and ask for information...