Ugo Rondinone
Born in 1964 in Brunnen, Suisse. Lives and works in New York.
Ugo Rondinone’s protean work combines the most diverse ranges of reference in systems that this Swiss artist elaborates so as to get closer and capture human beings’ emotional instability. Shifting between installations that employ sound, sculpture or light, Rondinone’s œuvre draws viewers into open, indeterminate narratives that are projected in their mental space. The writing of Beckett is often mentioned when talking about this artist’s work, not just because the world is a stage and people wear masks there, but especially because all the mute mouths of his bronze figures seem to be desperately trying to tell us of its emptiness.
