Steve Locke discusses Gober’s use of formal and conceptual metaphor to visualize bodily suffering.

Norman addresses the contradictions and occlusions of Gober’s representations of sex and race.

A traveling retrospective of the artist’s work renders the personal political and beautiful.

An exhibition of new work raises insights about the history of culture, fashion, and representation.

David Carrier reports on the politics and curatorial gambits of “Manifesta 10,” now on view in St. Petersburg.