A meticulously crafted sculptural work, Robert Gober's *Rat Bait* presents a commonplace object rendered in cast plaster with casein and silkscreen ink, elevating the mundane into something subtly unsettling. Gober's precise attention to surface detail and texture creates an uncanny sense of hyper-reality, blurring the boundary between the manufactured and the handmade. The work reflects the artist's ongoing exploration of domesticity, hidden danger, and the darker undercurrents lurking within everyday life.