Research Catalog

Robert Gober : tick tock

Title
Robert Gober : tick tock / essay by Helen Molesworth.
Author
Gober, Robert, 1954-
Publication
New York : Matthew Marks Gallery 2019.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library N6537.G58 A4 2019Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Molesworth, Helen
  • Matthew Marks Gallery, host institution.
Description
79 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
Robert Gober: Tick Tock', like the exhibition of the same name 'Gober's first since his 2014 survey at the Museum of Modern Art, is divided into three sections. In the first, a series of drawings depict tree trunks, human torsos and barred windows. The second section consists of 18 wall-mounted assemblages, including fragments and motifs from prior sculptures. In her essay, Helen Molesworth describes them as 'what happens to memories when they are literally objectified' when they take up residence outside of us. The final section centers on a sculpture first shown at the 2001 Venice Biennale. Inspired by Gober's childhood home and modeled after a church on Long Island, it depicts a pair of cellar doors opening onto a staircase set into the gallery floor. At the foot of the stairs, a yellow door with a handle of braided human hair seems to leak light around its edges. Illustrated with color plates, this book is a testament to the artist's explorations of faith and loss through metaphor.
Alternative Title
Tick tock
Subject
  • Gober, Robert, 1954- > Exhibitions
  • Gober, Robert, 1954-
  • Sculpture, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog "is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Matthew Marks Gallery, 526 West 22nd Street, New York, from February 23 to April 21, 2018." -- colophon.
ISBN
  • 9781944929169
  • 1944929169
OCLC
  • on1105605906
  • SCSB-9525865
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library