Biografie von Robert GOBER (1954)

Personal data


Birth : 1954 - Wallingford CT Connecticut, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Drawing-Watercolor :
Audiovisual-Multimedia :

Subject

society problems

Works

Untitled
Date of creation : 1998-1999
Medium : Object
Size : 19 x 70 x 41 inch
 
Man coming out of woman
Date of creation : 1993-1994
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : wax-textile material-leather/skin
Size : 34 x 86 x 73 cm
 
Split-Up Conflicted Sink
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : Sculpture
Size : 206 x 207 x 64 cm
 
The Subconscious Sink
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : painting-plaster-wood-steel
Size : 90 x 84 x 25 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2007

Oeuvres de 1976 à 2007
Schaulager – Basel BS, Switzerland
07/01/2007 – 10/14/2007

2005

Matthew Marks Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/05/2005 – 04/23/2005

2001

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Washington DC, United States
11/2001

2000

Robert Gober: Sculptures and Drawings
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
06/09/2000 – 09/05/2000

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Washington DC, United States
02/24/2000 – 04/23/2000

1999

Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
09/18/1999 – 01/16/2000

Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/13/1999 – 05/09/1999

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Anthony Meier Fine Arts – 1969 California Street – San Francisco CA, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Gemini G.E.L. LLC – 8365 Melrose Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Anthony Meier Fine Arts – 1969 California Street – San Francisco CA, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Paula Cooper Gallery – 534 West 21st Street – New York NY, United States

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Schönewald und Beuse – Uerdinger Strasse 342 – Krefeld, Germany

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galería Marga Paz – Cuesta de Sto. Domingo 3 – Madrid, Spain


Group exhibitions

2008

Espèce d’Espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009

Espèces d’espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009

2003

On the Wall
Fabric Workshop and Museum – Philadelphia PA, United States
2003 – 2004

Pantachronismes
Musée des Moulages – Lyon, France
09/16/2003 – 11/22/2003

2002

The unthought known
White Cube – London, United Kingdom
03/2002 – 04/13/2002

L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003

Transformer
Porin Taidemuseo – Pori, Finland
09/12/2002 – 11/10/2002

American Standard (Para)Normality and Everyday Life
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/26/2002 – 08/30/2002

The Physical World: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Gagosian Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/09/2002 – 08/30/2002

2001

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

A room of their own: from Arbus to Gober
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
04/02/2001

Change of Scene XIX
Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/30/2001 – 09/02/2001

2000

Extra Ordinary
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/18/2000 – 06/30/2000

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/23/2000 – 06/04/2000

1999

Miroslaw Balka, Robert Gober and Seamus Heaney: Three Stanzas
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art – Philadelphia PA, United States
01/16/1999 – 03/07/1999

1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

2001

Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373


Periodicals

2000

Old Dadaist – The New Republic
Author: Jed Perl
17/04/2000

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