It reminds me of René Magritte
In 1989, Gober began what would become a series of disembodied partial limbs with Untitled (Leg). The wax “amputation” is a cast of the artist's own leg, embedded with human hairs and dressed with a man's shoe, sock, and partial trouser. The body fragment speaks of absence, of detachment, of loss; the object is loaded with all that is not there. Gober did not place the limb on a pedestal; rather it was installed as if emerging from the gallery wall, describing an uneasy balance between interior and exterior states. Gober's disembodied limbs and appendages imply a psychological fracture. Julia Kristeva writes that in a state of abjection, borders between object and subject cannot be maintained.3 Rooted within the tradition of Freud's uncanny,Untitled Leg is difficult and unsettling because it provokes a reaction in which there is a hesitation in recognising the object as animate or inanimate.
The mundane,fragmented and displaced objects--increasing fascinating and repulsive
It is interesting to note that a simple object can generate issues e.g. isolation, mortality, victimization and vulnerability
We can always find meanings on familiar things:)
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