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Almine Rech

Ugo Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone is a renowned mixed-media artist who lives and works in New York. Over the past twenty years, he has been exploring the figure of the contemporary artist and his relation to the world, but also the relation between the viewer and the artwork, whether the work induces a contemplation, reverie, or meditation. His work has been shown in numerous exhibition centres throughout the world, such as Le Consortium, Dijon (1997), the Kunstverein, Stuttgart (2002), or the Pompidou Centre, Paris (2003). He represented Switzerland at the 52nd Venice Biennale and curated the exhibition The Third Mind at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2007. Recent solo shows include, your age my age and the age of the rainbow, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2017); let’s start this day again, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2017); every time the sun comes up, Place Vendome, Paris (2016); girono d’oro + notti d’argento, Mercati die Traiano, Rome (2016); becoming soil, Carre d’Art, Nîmes (2016); vocabulary of solitude, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2016); Ugo Rondinone: I ♥︎ John Giorno, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015), among others. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Dallas Museum of Art, among others.

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Selected artworks

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      The twenty-first hour of the poem, 2008

    Ugo Rondinone The twenty-first hour of the poem, 2008

    Cast wax, pigments
    140 x 82 x 82 cm
    55 1/8 x 32 1/4 x 32 1/4 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      the hollow, 2014

    Ugo Rondinone the hollow, 2014

    oil on wood, Plexiglas
    198 x 112 x 5 cm
    78 x 44 1/8 x 2 in 

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (turquoise blue candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (turquoise blue candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    10,5 x 10,4 x 7,5 cm
    4 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (bright pink candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (bright pink candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    11,3 x 8,3 x 7,7 cm
    4 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (warm yellow candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (warm yellow candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    6 x 14,3 x 10 cm
    2 3/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (carmine red candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (carmine red candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    10,2 x 6,4 x 5,1 cm
    4 x 2 1/2 x 2 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (persian blue candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (persian blue candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    9,4 x 7,1 x 7 cm
    3 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (light pink candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (light pink candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    11,5 x 5,7 x 4,3 cm
    4 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (ghost white candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (ghost white candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    7,8 x 11,4 x 9,5 cm
    3 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      still.life (lavender candle), 2013

    Ugo Rondinone still.life (lavender candle), 2013

    Cast bronze, lead, paint
    9,5 x 8,6 x 7,5 cm
    3 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      DREIUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone DREIUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      SIEBENUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone SIEBENUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      VIERTERMÄRZZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone VIERTERMÄRZZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      FÜNFZEHNTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone FÜNFZEHNTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      FÜNFUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone FÜNFUNDZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      ZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone ZWANZIGSTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      ELFTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Ugo Rondinone ELFTERFEBRUARZWEITAUSENDUNDDREIZEHN, 2013

    Acrylic paint on wall, plexiglass plaque with caption
    340 x 340 cm

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our FACES look twisted, 2011

    Ugo Rondinone we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our FACES look twisted, 2011

    Polystyrene cellular plastics, steel, grout, grit, light-weight concrete
    353 x 327 x 309 cm
    139 x 128 3/4 x 121 5/8 in 

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      ZWEITERJUNIZWEITAUSENDUNDNEUN, 2009

    Ugo Rondinone ZWEITERJUNIZWEITAUSENDUNDNEUN, 2009

    Acrylic paint on canvas, plexiglass plaque with caption
    260 x 200 cm
    118 1/8 x 90 1/2 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      Turn back time.lets start this day again, 2009

    Ugo Rondinone Turn back time.lets start this day again, 2009

    Cast aluminium, white enamel
    557 x 450 cm
    219 1/4 x 177 1/8 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      SUNRISE. east. january, 2005

    Ugo Rondinone SUNRISE. east. january, 2005

    Cast bronze, silver car paint, concrete plinth
    190 x 120 x 110 cm
    74 3/4 x 47 1/4 x 43 1/4 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      World Wide Web, 2011

    Ugo Rondinone World Wide Web, 2011

    Wood, hardware, enamel
    282,7 x 237 x 15 cm
    111 1/4 x 93 1/4 x 5 7/8 in

  • Ugo Rondinone,                                      window # 1, 2012

    Ugo Rondinone window # 1, 2012

    Brushed Aluminium
    92 x 72 x 5,5 cm
    36 1/4 x 28 3/8 x 2 1/8 in

  • CLOCKWORK FOR ORACLES II, 2008

    CLOCKWORK FOR ORACLES II, 2008

    Mirror, coloured plastic gel, wood, paint

Museum exhibitions

Selected press