{"id":13028,"date":"2026-04-13T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13028"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:31:46","slug":"robert-gober-plein-air-at-matthew-marks-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/13\/robert-gober-plein-air-at-matthew-marks-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Gober, ‘Plein Air’ at Matthew Marks Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tiny prison windows appear in Robert Gober\u2019s recently completed wall-mounted box sculptures at Matthew Marks Gallery<\/a>, recalling the artist\u2019s iconic barred windows and suggesting a place of confinement. This untitled sculpture adds meticulously hand-crafted window blinds and a rendition of Edouard Manet\u2019s \u2018Dead Christ with Angels,\u2019 affixed to the back wall behind a fragile-looking non-functional lightbulb.\u00a0 Pierced on the wrong side and iconographically incorrect in Manet\u2019s ridiculed 1864 version, Gober\u2019s Christ is missing the angels that would place the body in a timeline that leads to resurrection. Adding to the suggestion of stasis or failure, two cigarettes and a toothpick on the box\u2019s floor suggest that someone has been waiting but perhaps, as the barred windows and nonfunctional light suggest, not seeing.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through April 18th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Robert Gober, Untitled, aluminum, wood, clay, plaster, copper, epoxy putty, handmade paper, pewter, brass, glass, acrylic and oil paint, pastel, LED lights, string, 38 x 38 x 23 3\/8 inches, 1990-2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Robert Gober, Untitled, aluminum, wood, clay, plaster, copper, epoxy putty, handmade paper, pewter, brass, glass, acrylic and oil paint, pastel, LED lights, string, 38 x 38 x 23 3\/8 inches, 1990-2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tiny prison windows appear in Robert Gober\u2019s recently completed wall-mounted box sculptures at Matthew Marks Gallery, recalling the artist\u2019s iconic barred windows and suggesting a place of confinement. This untitled sculpture adds meticulously hand-crafted window blinds and a rendition of Edouard Manet\u2019s \u2018Dead Christ with Angels,\u2019 affixed to the back wall behind a fragile-looking non-functional … <\/p>\n

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