Robert Gober, "Waterfall" (2015–16), wool, cotton, wood, paint on epoxy putty and resin, recycling pumps, lights, water, 115 x 67 x 64 inches (all images © Robert ...

Robert Gober, “Icarus” (1967) graphite on spiral-edged paper, 12 x 9 inches; 31 x 23 cm (© Robert Gober, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery) A man with wings, plumed and outstretched, is in full ascension ...

Surrealism never took root in America. When the visual arts came into their own in this country around the middle of the 20th century, the most prominent movements steered clear of Surrealism’s ...

The back of a man’s bowler-hatted head. A trio of hooded Klansmen smoking cigars. Dennis Hopper in a gas mask, screaming. These are just a few images that might come to mind when we consider the ...

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Gober, the Sumatran orangutan who saw her baby twins for the first time after a 90-minute operation by a top Indonesian ophthalmologist in 2012, captured the imagination of orangutan lovers worldwide.