Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor
Robert
Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor is the
first large-scale survey of Robert Gober’s career to take place in the United
States.
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 before 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.
Featuring loans from institutions and private collections in North America and Europe as well as selections from the artist’s collection, the exhibition includes around 130 works across several mediums, including individual sculptures and immersive sculptural environments and a distinctive body of drawings, prints, and photographs.
Featuring loans from institutions and private collections in North America and Europe as well as selections from the artist’s collection, the exhibition includes around 130 works across several mediums, including individual sculptures and immersive sculptural environments and a distinctive body of drawings, prints, and photographs.
The loosely chronological presentation
traces the development of this remarkable body of work, highlighting themes and
motifs that emerged in the early 1980s and continue to inform Gober’s work
today. Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor is organized by Ann Temkin, The
Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator, and Paulina Pobocha, Assistant
Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA, working in close
collaboration with the artist.