Monday, November 19, 2012

Artist: Robert Gober
Title: Untitled leg
Year: 1989-1990
Dimensions: 28.9 x 19.7 x 50.8 cm
Untitled Leg by    Robert Gober is made out of bee's wax,  human hair, wood, leather, and cotton. This 3D, realistic sculpture is of a leg coming out of the wall. The leg is fashioned in an older style with leather shoes (that have some miles on them) to the tan perfectly pressed, tan, rolled up pant leg. 
This leg is so realistic and life like that it is almost as if a man is really stuck in the wall. After taking a close up view of the leg and comparing it to my own. I had to take a personal moment and shave my own legs. The messy arrange of leg hairs that this person had made my skimpy amount of leg hairs look that much worse. I think this has to do with not liking hair. This instillation makes the viewer get a closer look at something that is seen in most peoples every day life. This leg is laid out as if it is there to be dissected or judged. 




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