Robert Gober

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Museum Boymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam, Germany, May 13 - July 1, 1990. Traveled to Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, September 1 - October 14, 1990. Texts by Robert Gober, Ulrich Loock, Karel Schampers, and Trevor Fairbrother. Fully documents Gober's work with illustrations and well considered texts. Edited by Gober, Loock, and Schampers. Catalogue includes "Inventory List," which lists the works compiled by Robert Gober since 1980 [until 1990] in chronological order, biography, exhibition history, and bibliography. Text in English and German.… (more)

Selected as the United States representative to the 2001 Venice Biennale, the sculptor and installation artist Robert Gober has, thanks to several major museum exhibitions in recent years, established himself as perhaps the most important artist of his generation, thanks to his symbolically charged re-creations of everyday objects that he makes into installations that question the ideals and values of childhood, family, home, and religion. This catalogue presents his work for the United States pavilion at the Biennale.… (more)