CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/4/2015

Robert Overby: Works 1969–1987

"For a brief but intensely fertile period during the early 1970s, Robert Overby produced an evocative, sensual, and contradictory series of sculptures that conflated architectural elements with references to the human body," Robin Clark writes in Mousse Publishing's outstanding new monograph, Robert Overby: Works 1969-1987. "The resulting 'body of work' constitutes a thematic exploration of both the body and work—the process and labor required to make objects that refer eloquently to the passage of time, complete with insistent desire, rueful humor, and an inevitable sense of loss." Rubber Sock, 18 February 1971, is a "cast-rubber object pigmented the peculiar pink that was once known as 'flesh' in the color spectrum of Crayola crayons. The impression of a small article of clothing discarded by Overby’s young stepdaughter, Rubber Sock inspired four major casting projects concerning latex and architecture, each with its own unique character and narrative."