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Title
Two
Urinals
.
Creator
Gober, Robert (American sculptor, born 1954)
Date
1986
Cultural Context
American
North American
Style/Period
Contemporary
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Mixed media
Urinals (plumbing fixtures)
Plumbing fixtures
Allusion
Imagery
Sexuality
Sex
Male
Men (male humans)
Homosexuality
Phallic
Walls
Subject
Sculpture
Mixed media
Plumbing fixtures
Urination
Allusions
Sex
Men
Hygiene
Walls
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)
Material
Mixed media
Plaster, wire lath, wood, semi-gloss enamel
Plaster
Wood (plant material)
Enamel paint
Lath
Technique
Sculpting
Work Type
Sculpture
Mixed media
Source
Hopkins, David. After Modern Art: 1945-2000. Oxford History of Art. Oxford; New York: Oxford UP, 2000. (p.63, fig.31)
Rights
Photograph reproduced in Hopkins courtesy of the artist. (86.002)
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
827-16.jpg
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