Plymouth College of Art principal Professor Andrew Brewerton presents the artists Gilbert and George with honorary doctorates from The Open University at the graduation ceremony at the Barbican in London in March 2012.
Plymouth-born George Passmore and Gilbert Prousch were students together at St Martin’s in the 1960s. They received the Turner Prize in 1986, and in 2005 represented the UK at the Venice Biennale.
Presenting the honorary degree, Professor Brewerton said: "Gilbert and George make art out of showing human reality. Not 'the human condition', but human reality in all its sticky mess and complexity, in order to create the freedom in which to become ever more human."
Plymouth College of Art is an approved institution of The Open University.
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Plymouth College of Art principal Professor Andrew Brewerton presents the artists Gilbert and George with honorary doctorates from The Open University at the graduation ceremony at the Barbican in London in March 2012.
Plymouth-born George Passmore and Gilbert Prousch were students together at St Martin’s in the 1960s. They received the Turner Prize in 1986, and in ...
