This work was acquired because of its relationship to the museum’s collection of Surrealism and works by Hieronymus Bosch. Gober’s work is an example of Surrealist tendencies in contemporary art. Real human hair 'grows' out of this wax child’s shoe.
Specifications
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Wax, human hair |
| Object type |
Sculpture
> Three-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 8 cm Length 20 cm Width 8 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Robert Gober
|
| Accession number | BEK 1670 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1993 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1993 |
| Creation date | in 1992 |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions (2009) Collectieboek / Collection Book (2012) Surrealism and Beyond (2016) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen @ Rijksmuseum (2023) |
| Research |
Show research Digitising Contemporary Art |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The United States of America > North America > America |
All about the artist
Robert Gober
Meriden 1954
Between 1972 and 1976, Robert Gober studied literature and visual arts at the Middlebury College in Vermont. He spent one of his college years at the Tyler...
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