Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor

by Hilton Als

Book Overview

Robert Gober rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and was quickly acknowledged as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Early in his career, he made deceptively simple sculptures of everyday objects--beginning with sinks and moving on to domestic furniture such as playpens, beds and doors. In the 1990s, his practice evolved from single works to theatrical room-sized environments. In all of his work, Gober's formal intelligence is never...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870709461
• ISBN13: 9780870709463
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 10.0"