一九七○年代出現的英國藝術組合──吉伯特與喬治，是由二位藝術家結合成的單一創作個體。他們宣稱自己是「活雕塑」，把自己當成雕塑品。本研究首先針對其獨特的藝術家身分特質進行探究，並解析「活雕塑」的藝術觀念與思想脈絡。而「活雕塑」觀念最重要的藝術實踐正是《唱歌的雕塑》，兩人穿著正式的西裝，隨著背景音樂唱歌表演，此一表演藝術作品的形式、內涵及其表演藝術特質為首要闡論的重點。而他們在創作出《唱歌的雕塑》的同時，亦延伸至攝影媒材的運用，發展成為色彩鮮豔的矩形結構之攝影圖像──「攝影影像拼接組合作品」。他們從早期的自然主題、酗酒頹廢影像，到後來集中在城市生活層面的取樣，他們描繪出現代社會的沉淪、恐懼和希望，並且在性、同性戀、宗教、種族、愛滋病等社會文化議題上發抒己論。本研究除了針對其攝影圖像的形式與內容的演變作深入分析，並論述其所獨具的視覺語言特質。此外，他們一直以「為所有人而藝術」一詞作為其創作的中心信念，亦經常提及「藝術與生活的結合」，本研究對其藝術理念的內容及宣達方式皆有詳盡的闡述；再將其置於「後普普」的系統下，與同樣強調藝術與生活結合及破除藝術高低位階的「普普藝術」作一比較與連繫。再者，其攝影圖像的內容至七○年代後期就已有逐漸突破社會禁忌、挑戰傳統道德尺度的趨向，包括城市街頭髒話塗鴉、性（尤其是同性戀的性）的明示與暗喻、糞便的圖像、年輕男子和自己的裸體圖像等。這些具有高度爭議性的藝術表現，正是某些藝評家和保守人士對他們強烈責難攻訐的關鍵，但對他們給予正面評價的學者亦不在少數。評價不論正反，其背後都隱含了某些牢不可破的社會意識型態與主流價值觀，此亦為本研究論述的重要課題。有關其只用男性人物及男性裸體圖像的爭議部分，則另置於裸體藝術的討論框架中。最後，從吉伯特和喬治表述思想的文本、談訪內容與整體藝術表現，探究其藝術創作的真正意圖，包括建構新視覺語言藝術的顯性意圖，以及反權威的隱性創作意圖。

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