Read a Parkett text on Ugo Rondinone
Parkett Vol. 52
Quote from Parkett
“The Pop dandy is aware of the aesthetic surfaces to which he owes his subjectivity and enjoys taking both serious and ironic stabs at it and himself. His melancholy is articulated in camp; he celebrates his longings in a lusty mix of excessive empathy and affectionate self-irony. He acts out his life in a self-devised aesthetic universe, an isolated space that is filled with the media of his longing, with the pictures and the music that he loves. There he plays a game of sentimental identification and contemplative self-detachment that allows him to enjoy his melancholy split ego.”
Jan Verwoert, Parkett No. 52, 1998
"All Moments Stop Here and Together We Become Every Memory That Has Ever Been", 1998 (for Parkett 52)
Stone from the Valle Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland,
approx. 12 x 8 x 4” (21,5 x 28 x 14 cm),
approx. weight: 14 to 20 lbs. (7–10 kg),
Polaroid photo of the stone by the artist,
Ed. 50/XX, signed and numbered
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Read a Parkett text on Ugo Rondinone
Parkett Vol. 52
Quote from Parkett
“The Pop dandy is aware of the aesthetic surfaces to which he owes his subjectivity and enjoys taking both serious and ironic stabs at it and himself. His melancholy is articulated in camp; he celebrates his longings in a lusty mix of excessive empathy and affectionate self-irony. He acts out his life in a self-devised aesthetic universe, an isolated space that is filled with the media of his longing, with the pictures and the music that he loves. There he plays a game of sentimental identification and contemplative self-detachment that allows him to enjoy his melancholy split ego.”
Jan Verwoert, Parkett No. 52, 1998
"All Moments Stop Here and Together We Become Every Memory That Has Ever Been", 1998 (for Parkett 52)
Stone from the Valle Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland,
approx. 12 x 8 x 4” (21,5 x 28 x 14 cm),
approx. weight: 14 to 20 lbs. (7–10 kg),
Polaroid photo of the stone by the artist,
Ed. 50/XX, signed and numbered
Sold Out. For updates on availability, please inquire by joining our waiting list
Artist Document
Ugo Rondinone’s title for his stone project for Parkett 52 in English and German.
Parkett Text
Read a selected text on Ugo Rondinone
Parkett Cover
Ugo Rondinone’s work on the cover of Parkett no. 52 alongside Karen Kilimnik and Malcolm Morley
