Untitled
- Artist: Robert Gober
- Date: 1992–6
- Medium: Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions: unconfirmed: 580 × 350 mm
- Museum: Tate Modern
- Collection record: Tate Modern website
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About this artwork
This is the "Untitled" by Robert Gober, a 1992‑1996 lithograph that mimics a folded newspaper. The print plays with the idea of media pairing what society deems appropriate. On one side is a fabricated article about the Vatican condoning discrimination against homosexuals, complete with a subheading that links gay rights to marriage. The other side is a glossy department‑store ad for a wedding dress, but the bride is none other than Gober himself, captured in a staged studio photograph. He uses the contrast to point out how headlines and wedding announcements are rarely paired, yet when a gay‑related story appears, it is often framed with AIDS and negative bias. By placing these two worlds side by side, Gober forces viewers to question the narratives that shape public perception. It sits in the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift and highlights Gober’s recurring theme of fictional juxtaposition to expose hidden prejudices. It’s a sharp, unsettling reminder that the stories we read can be as powerful as the images we see.
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Untitled is in the collection of Tate Modern on Bankside, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
