Ugo Rondinone siebzehnteraugustzweitausendundfünfundzwanzig, 2025

siebzehnteraugustzweitausendundfünfundzwanzig is a semicircular painting executed in vivid colors. Starting with bright green in the middle, the work’s pallette gradually changes to blue, black, yellow, pink, and purple, creating a mesmerizing effect.

Rainbows are a recurring preoccupation for Rondinone. The romantic, optimistic symbol has an easy and accessible appeal, one that can be experienced instinctively. Juxtaposing an allusive natural phenomenon with visually enticing pictorial conventions, Rondinone sets up a controlled environment for contemplation that is at the heart of his career. “I do believe in the spirituality of art”, he has said. ‘You don’t have to understand art, but you have to feel it.”