Ugo Rondinone
26 Jan - 11 Mar 2006
UGO RONDINONE
"My endless numbered days"
During walks around Vienna last summer, Ugo Rondinone made a number of drawings, picking out windows and architectural details from the city's buildings. For my endless numbered days, these have been transferred, onto white canvas to create a series of beautifully delicate, iconic paintings. On the reverse of each canvas are images cut from the New York Times on the date each painting was made. The blunt reality of these images creates a jolt after the delicate fairytale like musings of a fl'neur in the city.
The casual installation of these airy, wistful paintings together with a group of simple sculptures, based on the choreographing of different units, reflects the idea of hours idled away. The works evoke the pleasure of time that doesn't necessarily have to be filled - the ideal conditions for having ideas and making art.
© Ugo Rondinone
Wednesday October 19, 2005
2005
23cm x 30cm
pencil, acrylic on burlap
© the Artist, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ
the reproduction of this image is prohibited
without written permission
"My endless numbered days"
During walks around Vienna last summer, Ugo Rondinone made a number of drawings, picking out windows and architectural details from the city's buildings. For my endless numbered days, these have been transferred, onto white canvas to create a series of beautifully delicate, iconic paintings. On the reverse of each canvas are images cut from the New York Times on the date each painting was made. The blunt reality of these images creates a jolt after the delicate fairytale like musings of a fl'neur in the city.
The casual installation of these airy, wistful paintings together with a group of simple sculptures, based on the choreographing of different units, reflects the idea of hours idled away. The works evoke the pleasure of time that doesn't necessarily have to be filled - the ideal conditions for having ideas and making art.
© Ugo Rondinone
Wednesday October 19, 2005
2005
23cm x 30cm
pencil, acrylic on burlap
© the Artist, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ
the reproduction of this image is prohibited
without written permission