Two Urinals.
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Title |
Two Urinals. |
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Creator |
Gober, Robert (American sculptor, born 1954) |
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Date |
1986 |
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Cultural Context |
American
North American |
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Style/Period |
Contemporary |
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Subject |
Mixed media
Plumbing fixtures
Urination
Allusions
Sex
Men
Hygiene |
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Description |
"These highly stylized, non-utilitarian versions of plumbing fixtures evoke complex psycho-sexual concerns surrounding issues of hygiene and male bonding. At the same time, they participate in a witty dialogue with Jasper Johns's famous bronze cast of two ale cans, Painted Bronze, of 1960. Johns's cans themselves referred both to [Marcel] Duchamp and to the macho drinking culture of Abstract Expressionism. Gober thus brings an entire dialogue concerning male social/artistic camaraderie full circle." (Caption, p.63); "Another 1980s artist, Robert Gober, produced a sculpture of two urinals side by side. The fact that Gober's imagery often alluded to homosexuality had the effect of reclaiming Duchamp for masculinity, but a masculinity, of course, close to that of artists such as Duchamp's arch-mediator, Jasper Johns, whose twinned ale cans Gober echoed." (Excerpt, p.64) |
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Material |
Mixed media
Plaster, wire lath, wood, semi-gloss enamel
Plaster
Wood (plant material)
Enamel paint
Lath |
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Technique |
Sculpting |
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Work Type |
Sculpture
Mixed media |
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Source |
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.63, fig.31) |
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Rights |
Photograph reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of the artist. (86.002) |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 827-16.jpg |
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Rating |
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