Ugo Rondinone is recognized as one of the major voices of his generation, an artist who composes searing meditations on nature and the human condition while establishing an organic formal vocabulary that fuses a variety of sculptural and painterly traditions. The breadth and generosity of his vision of human nature have resulted in a wide range of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects, installations, videos, and performances. His hybridized forms, which borrow from ancient and modern cultural sources alike, exude pathos and humor, going straight to the heart of the most pressing issues of our time, where modernist achievement and archaic expression intersect.
blue red yellow green pink mountain
2021
Painted stone, stainless steel, pedestal
Sculpture 212 x 40 x 21 cm / 83 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
Pedestal 15 x 45 x 45 cm / 5 7/8 x 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
© Ugo Rondinone
neuntermaizweitausendundeinundzwanzig
2021
Acrylic on canvas
ø 90 cm / ø 35 3/8 in
© Ugo Rondinone
zweitermärzzweitausendundzwanzig
2020
Watercolor on canvas, artist's frame
200 x 300 cm / 78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in
© Ugo Rondinone
black red monk
2020
Painted bronze
292 x 134.5 x 90.5 cm / 115 x 53 x 35 5/8 in
© Ugo Rondinone
long last happy
2020
Neon, acrylic glass, translucent foil, aluminum
313 x 768 x 15 cm / 123 1/4 x 302 3/8 x 5 7/8 in
Edition of 2 + 1 AP
© Ugo Rondinone
zero zany zone
2019
Wood, fittings, varnish
293.5 x 266.5 x 24 cm / 115 1/2 x 105 x 9 1/2 in
© Ugo Rondinone
vierteraprilzweitausendundneunzehn
2019
Oil on burlap, wood
300 x 600 x 59 cm / 118 1/8 x 236 1/4 x 23 1/4 in
© Ugo Rondinone
the sun at 3 pm
2018
Gilded bronze, bronze base
Object 225 x 225 x 24.5 cm / 88 5/8 x 88 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
Pedestal 13.5 x 47 x 23.5 cm / 5 3/8 x 18 1/2 x 9 3/8 in
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
© Ugo Rondinone
the scholarly
2017
Blue stone, stainless steel, steel plate
Sculpture 230.5 x 91.5 x 56 cm / 90 3/4 x 36 x 22 in
Pedestal 2 x 150 x 150 cm / 3/4 x 59 x 59 in
© Ugo Rondinone
THANX 4 NOTHING
2015
Film installation
Black & white, stereo sound
2 X 4 films on video projections (films 2K, 4/3)
2 X 16 films on monitors (films HD, 4/3)
24:14 min
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
© Ugo Rondinone
wanderer above the sea of fog 1818
2015
Cast aluminum
93.5 x 46 x 4.5 cm / 36 3/4 x 18 1/8 x 1 3/4 in
Edition of 2 + 2 AP
© Ugo Rondinone
we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our golden FACES look twisted and shiny.
2008
Sand, gravel, concrete
Sculpture 380 x 182 x 183 cm / 149 5/8 x 71 5/8 x 72 in
Pedestal 25.5 x 160.5 x 160.5 cm / 10 x 63 1/4 x 63 1/4 in
© Ugo Rondinone
