Robert Gober in Freize

Robert Gober "Untitled" 2004-5. Bronze, cement, recreation of American robin, water. 175x100x104cm

Alix:

Before I begin I must admit that it was the work that was acompanying the review that caught my eye and not so much the review. So much so that I decided that I was going to photocopy it and quickly rush home.

Robert Gober's show at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York is his first show in 11 years and was created specially for the gallery. It featured all the objects that he is famous for working with, such as crucifixes, were placed around the gallery as if they truely belonged in a church. Ofcourse Gober being a political artist did not just place crucifixes around 'willy nilly' and chop of the heads and desecrate them as such. They had a deeper meaning than that. Combining the questionable ideas of religion, politics, sexuality, mortality and memory he has created a show that I'm sure definately would have stirred up a little storm in the very religious USA.



Review taken from Frieze
Issue 49 July/August 2005

Image from http://jameswagner.com/mt_archives/Gober2005.jpg