Drain
1989
Sculpture, 13 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm.
Materials: tin, lood
Collection: Collectie S.M.A.K., Gent (Inv. no. 633).
Gober has made many sculptures of domestic objects, such as sinks, drains, urinals, cots, playpens and doors. They closely resemble the manufactured originals but are in fact hand-made by the artist. In the mid-1980s he made whole sink units, and later isolated the drain elements, embedding them into unexpected locations, such as tables and walls. His drains have a mundane, domestic presence yet are potentially suggestive, evoking the intimate bodily process of personal hygiene.
