Ugo Rondinone, 'nude (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (rainbow)', 2021. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Stefan Altenburger
The rainbow is a bridge between everyone and everything. – Ugo Rondinone Ugo Rondinone’s latest exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, the rainbow body, features a series of figurative sculptures within a fluorescent environment. The walls, floors and ceiling of the gallery have been finished in rainbow shades that mirror the sculptures’ own colours, engendering a push-pull dynamic between the individual figure and the landscape of the exhibition. The display also includes bronze sculptures of candles that restate the larger theme of suspended time.
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Ugo Rondinone, 'still.life. (dusk purple candle)', 2013 cast bronze, lead, paint, 9.4 x 7.1 x 7 cm. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Stefan Altenburger
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Ugo Rondinone, 'nude (xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (rainbow)', 2021 wax mixed with day-glow pigments
76 x 99 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Stefan Altenburger
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Ugo Rondinone, 'nude (xxxxx) (rainbow)', 2021, wax mixed with day-glow pigments, 71.5 x 128 x 81 cm. Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Stefan Altenburger
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Artist Portrait, 2023. © Ugo Rondinone. Courtesy Studio Rondinone. Photo: Maru TeppeiUgo Rondinone (b. 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland) lives and works in New York NY and studied at Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (1986-90). As well as several distinct groups of paintings (landscapes, mandalas, horizons, windows, stars and brick walls), and immersive installations (featuring clowns, multi-coloured windows, and monochrome-painted walls), Rondinone makes sculptures in ...
