{"product_id":"robert-gober-the-heart-is-not-a-metaphor-hardcover","title":"Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Gober\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eAnn Temkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eHilton Als\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert 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 separate from a penetrating reading of the socio-political context of his time. His objects and installations are among the most psychologically charged artworks of the late twentieth century, reflecting the artist's sustained concerns with issues of social justice, freedom and tolerance. Published in conjunction with the first large-scale survey of the artist's career to take place in the United States, this publication presents his works in all media, including individual sculptures and immersive sculptural environments, as well as a distinctive selection of drawings, prints and photographs. Prepared in close collaboration with the artist, it traces the development of a remarkable body of work, highlighting themes and motifs that emerged in the early 1980s and continue to inform Gober's work today. An essay by Hilton Als is complemented by an in-depth chronology featuring a rich selection of images from the artist's archives, including never-before-published photographs of works in progress. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Gober\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1954 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He has had numerous one-person exhibitions, most notably at the Dia Center for the Arts, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Schaulager, Basel. In 2001, he represented the United States at the 49th Venice Biennale. Gober's curatorial projects have been shown at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; The Menil Collection, Houston; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He lives and works in New York.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Temkin\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American art curator, and currently the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHilton Als\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American writer and theater critic who writes for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Carson\u003c\/strong\u003e is archivist and registrar to Robert Gober.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaulina Pabocha\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Scheidemann\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Senior Conservator and President of Contemporary Conservation Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 10 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758107230496,"sku":"9780870709463","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/de3388a4241070a4dfd2ee552ffdc273.webp?v=1780118158","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/robert-gober-the-heart-is-not-a-metaphor-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}