Robert Gober

American | 1954

Robert Gober is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1954. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Sammlung Goetz (Goetz Collection) in Munich. Numerous key galleries and museums such as MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt have featured Robert Gober's work in the past.Robert Gober's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 70 USD to 7,287,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,287,500 USD for Untitled, sold at Christie's New York in 2018. Robert Gober has been featured in articles for The Brooklyn Rail, Fine Art Connoisseur and ArtDaily. The most recent article is New Contemporary Art Museum, The Warehouse, to Open in Atlanta in April written for ARTS ATL in February 2024.

Untitled, 1993 - 1994

bronze, wood, aluminum, chrome-plated bronze, plaster and latex paint

dimensions variable

Untitled, 1985

plaster, wood, steel, wire lath and semi-gloss enamel paint

60 x 60 x 26 in. (152.4 x 152.4 x 66 cm.)

Urinal, 1985

plaster, wood, semi-gloss enamel paint

28 x 18 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (71.1 x 46.9 x 29.2 cm.)

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Untitled (G. 1818

By Robert Gober

+103%

above mid-estimate

Phillips New York

Heat

By Robert Gober

+27%

above mid-estimate

Sotheby's New York

Newspaper , 1992

By Robert Gober

+2%

above mid-estimate

Bonhams New York

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Current Exhibitions

The Art Of Food: From the Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation

Parrish Art Museum

Water Mill | New York | USA

Apr 21,2024 - Jun 30,2024

A Change Of Scenery

Neues Museum Nürnberg

Nuremberg | Germany

Mar 08,2024 - Sep 01,2024

A Change of Scenery. Artist-designed Wallpapers from the Sammlung Goetz

Sammlung Goetz (Goetz Collection)

Munich | Germany

Mar 08,2024 - Sep 01,2024

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Articles

New Contemporary Art Museum, The Warehouse, to Open in Atlanta in April

ARTS ATL 14/02/2024

Big news. Atlanta will soon boast an impressive new contemporary art museum.

This Isn’t Who It Would Be, If It Wasn’t Who It Is

The Brooklyn Rail 01/02/2024

The title curator Alex Glauber bestowed on this terrific show is a line from a 1994 Phish song, “Wolfman’s Brother”...

Art Collector Spotlight: Christian Keesee

Fine Art Connoisseur 02/01/2024

Christian Keesee moves frequently among his art-filled homes and offices in New York City, Oklahoma City, and Green Mountain Falls, Colorado.

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Coverage

“ ..Captured on film, Gober’s changing painting is reconstituted as a diary, a visual record of the year in which he produced this installation... ”
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

“ ..1978–2000 features twenty-two photographs that place Gober’s iconic sculptures within their contexts and reinforce the artist’s interest in sociology and cultural history... ”
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami