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-'''Robert Gober''' is an American [[Sculpture|sculptor]], who was born in [[Wallingford, Connecticut]], [[September 12]], [[1954]]. He studied at [[Middlebury College]], [[Vermont]] and the [[Tyler School of Art]] in [[Rome]]. He lives and works in [[New York City]] and is represented by the [[Matthew Marks Gallery]]. He is best known for his sculptures, but also has made [[photography|photographs]], [[Printmaking|prints]], and [[drawing]]s and has [[Curator|curated]] exhibitions. +'''Matthew Marks''' is an art gallery located in the [[New York City]] neighborhood of [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]]. It is among America's most influential gallery spaces. Alex Mar in [[New York Magazine]] described it as "an A-list spot for international contemporary artists.” Founded in the early 1990s by Matthew Marks, it specializes in [[Modern art|modern]] and [[contemporary art]] in a variety of media: including [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[photography]], [[installation art]], [[film]], and [[drawing]]s and [[Printmaking|prints]]. It represents a broad spectrum of artists from established figures like [[Ellsworth Kelly]] and [[Jasper Johns]] to a younger generation of artists like [[Andreas Gursky]] and [[Nan Goldin]]. The gallery has three exhibition spaces in the city at 523 W. 24 St., 522 W. 22 St., and 521 W. 21 St.
-He has had exhibitions of his work in [[Europe]], [[North America]] and [[Japan]]. One of his most well known series of works was of sculptures of [[sink]]s. He has made many sculptures of everyday objects, showing familiar things as well as strange ones.+
-His work is often related to domestic and familiar objects such as sinks, doors, and legs, and has themes of [[nature]], [[Human sexuality|sexuality]], [[religion]], and [[politics]]. The sculptures are meticulously handcrafted, even when they appear to just be a re-creation of a common sink. 
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-His work is in many museum collections, including the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], The [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]], [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]], the [[Menil Collection]], the [[Tate Modern]] and the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]]. He represented the United States at the 2001 [[Venice Biennale]] and has had several one-person museum exhibitions including at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]], the [[Jeu de Paume]], [[Paris]], and [[Dia Art Foundation]], New York. His work has also been included in five [[Whitney Biennial]]s. In 2007 there was a retrospective exhibition of his work at the [[Schaulager]] in [[Basel]]. The exhibition was accompanied by a comprehensive book of his sculptures entitled ''Robert Gober. Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007.'' 
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-== See also == 
-*[[Mark Prent]] 
-*[[Jana Sterbak]] 
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Matthew Marks is an art gallery located in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea. It is among America's most influential gallery spaces. Alex Mar in New York Magazine described it as "an A-list spot for international contemporary artists.” Founded in the early 1990s by Matthew Marks, it specializes in modern and contemporary art in a variety of media: including painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, film, and drawings and prints. It represents a broad spectrum of artists from established figures like Ellsworth Kelly and Jasper Johns to a younger generation of artists like Andreas Gursky and Nan Goldin. The gallery has three exhibition spaces in the city at 523 W. 24 St., 522 W. 22 St., and 521 W. 21 St.




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