Robert Gober
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Robert Gober is an American sculptor and installation artist known for his meticulously crafted, surreal renditions of everyday domestic objects that explore themes of identity, religion, and sexuality.
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| Robert Gober canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gober Context triple: [Matthew Marks Gallery, represents, Robert Gober]
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Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Duane Hanson
Duane Hanson was an American sculptor renowned for his hyperrealistic life-size sculptures of everyday people that critique contemporary society and consumer culture.
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C.
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Ursula von Rydingsvard is a Polish-American sculptor renowned for her monumental, hand-carved cedar wood sculptures that explore memory, identity, and the natural world.
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D.
Ed Kienholz
Ed Kienholz was an American installation artist known for his provocative, life-sized assemblage environments critiquing social and political issues in mid-20th-century America.
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Jim Dine
Jim Dine is an American artist associated with Neo-Dada and Pop Art, known for his expressive use of everyday objects and recurring motifs like hearts, tools, and bathrobes in paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gober Target entity description: Robert Gober is an American sculptor and installation artist known for his meticulously crafted, surreal renditions of everyday domestic objects that explore themes of identity, religion, and sexuality.
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A.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Duane Hanson
Duane Hanson was an American sculptor renowned for his hyperrealistic life-size sculptures of everyday people that critique contemporary society and consumer culture.
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C.
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Ursula von Rydingsvard is a Polish-American sculptor renowned for her monumental, hand-carved cedar wood sculptures that explore memory, identity, and the natural world.
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D.
Ed Kienholz
Ed Kienholz was an American installation artist known for his provocative, life-sized assemblage environments critiquing social and political issues in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
Jim Dine
Jim Dine is an American artist associated with Neo-Dada and Pop Art, known for his expressive use of everyday objects and recurring motifs like hearts, tools, and bathrobes in paintings, drawings, and sculptures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
AIDS crisis
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American politics ⓘ Catholicism ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
childhood ⓘ domesticity ⓘ identity ⓘ queer identity ⓘ religion ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
The New York Times (as a former carpenter and set builder)
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linked to:
The New York Times newsroom
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| familyName | Gober ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Art Institute of Chicago
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Bienal de São Paulo ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo Art Biennial
Dia Art Foundation ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ Walker Art Center ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American vernacular design
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Catholic iconography ⓘ
linked to:
Christian iconography
conceptual art ⓘ minimalism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
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| isSubjectOf | monographic exhibition catalogues ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Robert Gober ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableExhibition | Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor (MoMA retrospective) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
installations exploring themes of identity, religion, and sexuality
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meticulously crafted sculptures of everyday domestic objects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Heart Is Not a Metaphor
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Untitled (cat litter) ⓘ Untitled (legs with drains) ⓘ Untitled (newspaper) ⓘ Untitled (sinks series) ⓘ bag of donuts sculptures ⓘ cat litter bag sculptures ⓘ drain sculptures ⓘ leg sculptures ⓘ newspaper bundles sculptures ⓘ sink sculptures ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| style |
conceptual art
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handcrafted realism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
found objects
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plaster ⓘ wax ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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