2019

Molesworth, Helen. Robert Gober: Tick Tock. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2019.

2018

Rales, Emily Wei, and Jim Lewis. Robert Gober. Potomac, MD: Glenstone Museum, 2018.

2017

Witkovsky, Matthew S. Robert Gober: 1978–2000. Miami: ICA Miami, 2017.

2016

Gober, Robert. 2000 Words: Robert Gober. Edited by Karen Marta. Athens: DESTE Foundation, 2016.

2014

Als, Hilton, Robert Gober, Claudia Carson, and Paulina Pobocha. Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor. Edited by Ann Temkin. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2014.

2009

Burlingham, Cynthia, and Robert Gober, eds. Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum; New York: DelMonico Books, 2009.

2007

Vischer, Theodora, ed. Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations 1979–2007. Basel: Schaulager; Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2007.

2005

Drutt, Matthew. Robert Gober: The Meat Wagon. Houston: The Menil Collection, 2005.

Richardson, Brenda. Robert Gober: A Robert Gober Lexicon. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2005.

2003

Braun, Alexander. Robert Gober - Werke von 1976 bis heute. Nuremberg, Germany: Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2003.

2001

Gober, Robert, James Rondeau, and Olga Viso. Robert Gober: The United States Pavilion: 49th Venice Biennale, 2001. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2001.

1999

Flood, Richard, Garry Garrels, and Ann Temkin. Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999.

1998

Philbrick, Harry. Robert Gober: The 1996 Larry Aldrich Foundation Award Exhibition. Ridgefield, CT: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 1998.

1997

Foster, Hal, and Paul Schimmel. Robert Gober. Los Angeles: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 1997.

1996

Benezra, Neal, and Olga M. Viso, Distemper: Dissonant Themes in the Art of the 1990s. Washington DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1996.

1995

Vischer, Theodora. Robert Gober. Basel: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, 1995.

1993

Cooke, Lynne, and Richard Flood. Robert Gober. London: Serpentine Gallery; Liverpool: Tate Gallery Liverpool, 1993.

1992

Hickey, Dave. Robert Gober. New York: Dia Center for the Arts, 1992.

Rose, Bernice. Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1992.

1991

David, Catherine, and Joan Simon. Robert Gober. Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1991.

Simon, Joan. Robert Gober. Paris: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1991.

1990

Fairbrother, Trevor, Ulrich Loock, and Karel Schampers. Robert Gober. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen; Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1990.

Halbreich, Kathy. Culture and Commentary: An Eighties Perspective. Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1990.

1988

Colombo, Paolo. Robert Gober. Elkins Park, PA: Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 1988.

Indiana, Gary. A Project: Robert Gober and Christopher Wool. New York: 303 Gallery, 1988.

Jardine, Alice, Davide Joselit, Eric Michaud, and Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Utopia Post Utopia: Configurations of Nature and Culture in Recent Sculpture and Photography. Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1988.

2022

Fateman, Johanna. “Robert Gober.” The New Yorker, January 14, 2022.

Saltz, Jerry. “Robert Gober’s Mirror.” Vulture, January 24, 2022.

Yau, John. “Robert Gober Looks Into Our Heart of Darkness.” Hyperallergic, January 27, 2022.

2021

Junceau, Brandt. “Robert Gober: ‘Shut up.’ ‘No. You shut up.’” The Brooklyn Rail, December 21, 2021–January 22, 2022, pp. 61–62.

Moffitt, Evan. “Robert Gober: ‘Shut up.’ ‘No. You shut up.’” The Guide.Art, November 5, 2021.

2020

Bertrand, Anne. “Robert Gober: Slides of a Changing Painting, 1982–83.” Art press (France), nos. 477–478, May/June 2020, pp. 16–17. Translated by Jessica Shapiro.

Gober, Robert, and Deborah Solomon. “A Master’s Domestic Surrealism: Robert Gober’s Art of the Commonplace Is a Good Fit Now.” The New York Times, June 2, 2020, pp. C1, C4.

O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Robert Gober.” Artforum 59, no. 1, September 2020, p. 170.

2019

McLean-Ferris, Laura. “Eroticism, Anger and Hope in the Work of Robert Gober.” Frieze, January 11, 2019 (online).

2018

Tan, Ken. “The Bewildering Lexicon of Robert Gober.” Hyperallergic, April 17, 2018.

“Robert Gober.” The New Yorker, March 16, 2018.

Press, Clayton. “Robert Gober: Tick Tock At New York’s Matthew Marks Gallery.” Forbes, February 26, 2018.

2015

Haidu, Rachel. “Not Only The Heart Is Not A Metaphor.” Texte Zur Kunst, March 2015, p. 136.

Mack, Joshua. “Robert Gober The Heart Is Not a Metaphor.” ArtReview, March 2015, p. 136.

Reines, Ariana. “Whose Name Was Writ in Water.” Art in America, March 2015, pp. 98–107.

2014

Earnest, Jarrett. “Robert Gober with Jarrett Earnest.” The Brooklyn Rail, December 18, 2014 (online).

Salle, David. “Drain Man.” Town & Country, December/January 2014–15, pp. 102, 236.

Saltz, Jerry. “Art Review: The Great, Inscrutable Robert Gober.” New York Magazine, September 30, 2014 (online).

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Found Meanings.” The New Yorker, October 13, 2014, p. 124.

Smith, Roberta. “Reality Skewed And Skewered (Gushing, Too).” The New York Times, October 3, 2014, Weekend Arts, pp. A1, C21, C25.

Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: Gober Retrospective Planned for MoMA.” The New York Times, April 18, 2014, p. C26.

2013

Diner, Eli. “Critics’ Picks: Robert Gober.” Artforum, February 2013 (online).

Pagel, David. “Gently tapping into the surreal.” Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2013, p. D19.

2010

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Life in a Small Town.” The New Yorker, July 5, 2010, pp. 76–77.

2009

Knight, Christopher. “Making a Watercolor Splash.” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2009, p. E5.

Poundstone, William. “The Healthy Glamour of Everyday Life.” Los Angeles County Museum on Fire Blog, October 22, 2009.

2008

“Robert Gober.” The New Yorker, March 10, 2008, p. 38.

2007

Norden, Linda. “Robert Gober: Schaulager, Basel.” Artforum, December 2007, pp. 344–47, 378.

Smith, Roberta. “Against Delusion: Robert Gober’s Nuts-and-Bolts Americana.” The New York Times, August 23, 2007, p. E5.

2005

Foster, Hal. “American Gothic: Robert Gober’s New Work.” Artforum, May 2005, pp. 222–25.

Smith, Roberta. “Robert Gober.” The New York Times, March 25, 2005.

Vogel, Carol. “‘Monumental’ Gober Acquired by MoMA.” The New York Times, May 13, 2005.

2000

Romaine, James. “Closer to Heaven: The Art of Robert Gober.” IMAGE: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, Fall 2000, pp. 27–36.

1999

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Selective Affinities.” The New Yorker, September 6, 1999, pp. 86–87.

1998

Arning, Bill. “Grate Expectations.” Time Out (New York), February 4, 1998, p. 44.

Marcadé, Bernard. “The Virgin Has Descended The Stairs: Remarks on a Contemporary Parable.” Parkett, no. 53, September 1998, pp. 142–52.

Russell, John. “Everyday Objects With the Gravitas of Sculpture.” The New York Times, February 22, 1998, p. 41.

1997

Ekstrom, Linda. “Gober’s Mary Fires Debate on Art, Religion.” National Catholic Reporter, December 5, 1997, p. 18.

Knight, Christopher. “Articles of Faith for This World.” Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1997, pp. F1, F6.

Joselit, David. “Poetics of the Drain.” Art in America, December 1997, pp. 64–71.

Lumpkin, Libby. “Robert Gober: Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.” Artforum, December 1997, pp. 106–08.

Muchnic, Suzanne. “Stop, Look and Look Again.” Los Angeles Times, August 31, 1997, pp. 6, 76.

Smith, Roberta. “Religion That's in the Details.” The New York Times, November 18, 1997, pp. E1, E4.

1994

Jones, Ronald. “Robert Gober.” Frieze, September/October 1994, pp. 70–71.

Smith, Roberta. Art in Review.” The New York Times, May 6, 1994, p. C19.

1993

Ammann, Jean-Christophe. “New York: Robert Gober in de Dia Foundation.” Kunst-Bulletin, January/February 1993, pp. 48–50.

Kazanjian, Dodie. “Artist at Odds.” Vogue, February 1993, pp. 226–32.

Kuspit, Donald. “The End of the World Has Already Happened: Robert Gober.” Artforum, February 1993, pp. 91–93.

Schorr, Collier. “Lockdown.” Artforum, February 1993, pp. 89–90.

1992

Kimmelman, Michael. "Setting One Visual Trap After Another.” The New York Times, October 4, 1992, p. H35.

1991

Cameron, Dan. “Robert Gober.” Galerie Magazine, October/November 1991, pp. 92–97, 156.

Muchnic, Suzanne. “An American Foot in the Door.” Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1991, pp. 85–86.

1990

Indiana, Gary. “Success: Robert Gober.” Interview, May 1990, p. 72.

Johnson, Ken. “Cleaning House.” Art in America, January 1990, pp. 150–51.

Messler, Norbert. “Robert Gober: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen.” Artforum, November 1990, pp. 182–83.

Saltz, Jerry. “Strange Fruit.” Arts Magazine, September 1990, pp. 25–26.

1989

Sherlock, Maureen P. “Arcadian Elegy: The Art of Robert Gober.” Arts Magazine, September 1989, pp. 44–49.

Smith, Roberta. “The Reinvented Americana of Robert Gober’s Mind.” The New York Times, October 13, 1989, p. C28.

1987

Indiana, Gary. “Torture Garden.” The Village Voice, October 27, 1987, p. 105.

2012

Gober, Robert. "The Man that Got Away.” In Whitney Biennial 2012. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2012, pp. 64–69.

2004

Gober, Robert. "Behind the Seams.” Artforum, Summer 2004, p. 210.

Gober, Robert. "Pet Cemetery.” Nest, no. 26, Fall 2004, pp. 150–63.

1998

Gober, Robert. "This building is my memory.” Nest, no. 2, Fall 1998, pp. 72–73.

1989

Gober, Robert. “Cumulus from America.” Parkett, no. 19, March 1989, pp. 169–73.

1988

Gober, Robert, and John Conyers. "Interview with Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich).” Journal of Contemporary Art 1, no. 2, Fall/Winter 1988, pp. 17–23.