Robert Gober is an American sculptor and installation artist known for his eerie and evocative reconsiderations of everyday objects. After a brief period as a painter, he drew notice in the 1980s with a series of haunting sculptures loosely based on the forms of household items such as sinks, drains, and playpens. Gober carried these ideas further in sculptures and installations that combine the familiar with the strange. His common motifs include the human body and domestic objects examined, often with humor, through notions such as religion, sexuality, childhood, and change.