Robert Gober: the heart is not a metaphor ; [on the occasion of the exhibition ... the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 4, 2014 - January 18, 2015]

Robert Gober (born 1954) rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and was quickly acknowledged as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Initially, he made deceptively simple sculptures of everyday objects such assinks, playpens, beds, and doors. In the 1990s, he began cre-ating theatrica...

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Other Authors: Temkin, Ann 1959- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Museum of Modern Art 2014
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Summary:Robert Gober (born 1954) rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and was quickly acknowledged as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Initially, he made deceptively simple sculptures of everyday objects such assinks, playpens, beds, and doors. In the 1990s, he began cre-ating theatrical, room-sized environments. His formal intelligence is matched by a penetrating reading of his socio-political context and his objects and installations are among the most psychologically charged artworks ofrecent decades.Published in conjunction with the first large-scale surveyof Gober’s career in the United States and prepared in close collaboration with the artist, this book traces the developmentof a remarkable oeuvre, highlighting themes and motifs that emerged in the early 1980s and continue to inform Gober’swork today. An essay by Hilton Als is complemented by an in-depth chronology featuring a rich selection of images from theartist’s archives
Item Description:Chronology: p. 262-263
Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:271 S. überw. Ill. 26 cm
ISBN:9780870709463

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