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Copyright the artist | | | Gober, Robert (1954 - ) USA
Untitled, c.1980
Painted wood, stone, glass and ceramic tile; 64.8 x 96.5 x 59.7 cm Neo-Geo
UID 102-217
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Biography
American sculptor. Studied Literature, later, Fine Arts at Middlebury College, in 1974-75, at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. The following year, settled in New York. Influenced by Minimalists such as Donald Judd and Carl André, began to concentrate on sculpture. Gober held his first one-man show in 1984, at the Paula Cooper Gallery and worked with the painter Kevin Larmon and on collective projects with Christopher Wool, Sherrie Levine and Meq Webster, among others. In the mid 80s and early 90s, Gober presented everyday objects, working on them so as to create installations which are full of poetry, eroticism and ironic allusions imbued with a strong visual and theatrical presence. His emphasis on the personal and the fragility of humanity, at a time when a theory of appropriation predominated in New York, brought him acclamation both in the United States and in Europe.
Exhibitions
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Novas Salas Pop, Fluxus, Foto-Realismo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 09-06-1997 ~ 28-02-1998
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Arriscar o Real Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Trienal de Lisboa - Quando a arte fala de arquitectura Museu do Chiado, Portugal 14-10-2010 ~ 14-10-2010
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Colecção Berardo em Faro, 1999 Published by Galeria ARCO - Galeria TREM
Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Part II, New York, Thursday, November 11, 1993, lot. 225, 1993 Published by Sotheby´s
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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