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An Untitled Installation Conceived by Robert Gober

Dec 15, 2017-May 13, 2018

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Three decades ago, Untitled Installation conceived by Robert Gober (1988) was included in the exhibition Utopia Post Utopia at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The re-presentation of this installation at the AAM, as in the original, features Gober’s own untitled wooden door and doorframe (1987–88), Lake Tahoe, California (1867) by Hudson River School painter Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), a handwritten Untitled (Joke) (1988) by Richard Prince, and Moss Bed, Queen (1986–88) by Meg Webster. Together, these disparate works create a temporal and psychological space in which viewers can contemplate the enduring notion of utopia—now from the vantage point of the twenty-first century.
AAM exhibitions are made possible by the Marx Exhibition Fund. General exhibition support is provided by the Toby Devan Lewis Visiting Artist Fund. An Untitled Installation Conceived by Robert Gober is made possible by Devon Dikeou and Fernando Troya and is funded in part by the AAM National Council.

Works from the Exhibition

Robert Gober, Untitled Door and Door Frame, 1987–88. Wood, enamel, and paint, Door: 84 x 34 x 1 1/7 in (213.4 x 86.4 x 2.9 cm); Frame: 90 x 43 x 5 ½ in (228.6 x 109.2 x 14 cm).
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of the John and Mary Pappajohn Art Foundation, 2004
Albert Bierstadt, Lake Tahoe, California, 1867. Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 x 30 in (55.56 x 76.2 cm).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865 47.1243. Photo: © 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Meg Webster, Moss Bed, Queen, 1986/2005. Peat moss, earth, and plastic tarp, 10 x 60 x 80 in (25.4 x 152.4 x 203.2 cm).
Installation view: A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, 2010. © Meg Webster. Image: Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Richard Prince, Untitled (Joke), 1988. Pen on paper, 9 x 12 in (22.9 x 30.5 cm).
Collection Sam Orlofsky
Robert Gober, Untitled Door and Door Frame, 1987–88. Wood, enamel, and paint, Door: 84 x 34 x 1 1/7 in (213.4 x 86.4 x 2.9 cm); Frame: 90 x 43 x 5 ½ in (228.6 x 109.2 x 14 cm).
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of the John and Mary Pappajohn Art Foundation, 2004
Albert Bierstadt, Lake Tahoe, California, 1867. Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 x 30 in (55.56 x 76.2 cm).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865 47.1243. Photo: © 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Meg Webster, Moss Bed, Queen, 1986/2005. Peat moss, earth, and plastic tarp, 10 x 60 x 80 in (25.4 x 152.4 x 203.2 cm).
Installation view: A Shot in the Dark, Walker Art Center, 2010. © Meg Webster. Image: Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Richard Prince, Untitled (Joke), 1988. Pen on paper, 9 x 12 in (22.9 x 30.5 cm).
Collection Sam Orlofsky

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