".I thought of the drains as metaphors functioning in the same way as traditional paintings, as a window into another world. However, the world that you enter into through the metaphor of the drain would be something darker and unknown, like an ecological unconscious."

"Je pense que l'égoût a une fonction métaphorique de la même manière que les paintures traditionnelles, comme une fenêtre sur un autre monde. Toutefois, le monde dans lequel vous rentrez à travers la métaphore de l'égoût serait un monde plus sombre et inconnu, comme un inconscient écologique

Robert Gober, Drains, 1990, cast pewter, 3 3/4 inch diameter, edition of 8 with 2 AP

Untitled, 1999

10 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (27.3 x 31.4 cm)
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2000 (2000.115)

Robert Gober
Untitled (Man in Drain)
1993-94
mixed mediums
ca. 29 x 29 x 22 in.
2,500
at Christie's
Nov. 12, 1998

Robert Gober
Untitled, 2000-01
Willow, wood, beeswax, human hair, silver-plated cast bronze, pigment
16 x 32 1/2 x 26 inches
The Rachofsky Collection.

Robert Gober
Untitled (Man in Drain)
1993-94
mixed mediums
ca. 29 x 29 x 22 in.
2,500
at Christie's
Nov. 12, 1998

Sources : http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2000.115

http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/polsky/polsky4-25-5.asp