Robert Gober
Cigar, 1991
Wood, paint, paper, and tobacco
15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.
Robert Gober’s works often resemble commonplace objects, though they are created by hand with modifications that add to their meaning. Made with carefully conserved tobacco leaf, Cigar is a loaded symbol of male gender. Favored prop of Sigmund Freud, the cigar evokes a wide range of cultural associations including the machismo of moguls and gangsters, the sly gestures of certain comedians, and the celebratory fervor of new fathers. The equivalency in scale between the object and the human body (the cigar is as long as the artist is tall) amplifies Gober’s reflection on masculinity and powe
Cigar, 1991
Wood, paint, paper, and tobacco
15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 70 7/8 in.
Robert Gober’s works often resemble commonplace objects, though they are created by hand with modifications that add to their meaning. Made with carefully conserved tobacco leaf, Cigar is a loaded symbol of male gender. Favored prop of Sigmund Freud, the cigar evokes a wide range of cultural associations including the machismo of moguls and gangsters, the sly gestures of certain comedians, and the celebratory fervor of new fathers. The equivalency in scale between the object and the human body (the cigar is as long as the artist is tall) amplifies Gober’s reflection on masculinity and powe
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