Two Urinals.
Title |
Two Urinals. |
Creator |
Gober, Robert (American sculptor, born 1954) |
Date |
1986 |
Cultural Context |
American North American |
Style/Period |
Contemporary |
Subject |
Mixed media Plumbing fixtures Urination Allusions Sex Men Hygiene |
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 |
Rating |
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