Robert Gober explores the uncertain
relationship our bodies have with nature and architecture. This untitled work
evolved out of a series of sculptures that trap the human form in the ordinary
furniture and decor of middle-class America. Here, weirdly extended and scarred
limbs sculpted from beeswax are woven among lathes cast in pewter. Despite
their apparent fragility, the limbs remain unbroken, while the lathes bend and
crack around them. Gober has refrained from commenting directly on this work;
however, it can be understood as a testament to the persistence of life and
memory in the face of aging and death.