Gate drive circuit, gate drive method, array substrate and display panel

Provided are a gate drive circuit, a gate drive method, an array substrate and a display panel. The gate drive circuit comprises: multiple shift registers (1) cascaded to sequentially output driving signals; and multiple control switches (2), wherein each control switch (2) is configured to connect to a corresponding gate line (3). Each of the multiple shift registers (1) is connected to at least two corresponding ones of the multiple control switches (2) to output the driving signals to the at least two control switches (2). The multiple control switches (2) are configured such that respective control switches (2) connected to the same shift register respond to control signals to be in an ON state or OFF state in a time-division manner. The driving signal outputted by the shift register (1) is coupled to the gate line (3) corresponding to the control switch (2) in the ON state.