moonrise. east. july Ugo Rondinone
November 17, 2017—April 15, 2018
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen

moonrise. east. july Ugo Rondinone

moonrise. east. july, 2005 Aluminum, paint, wood 160 cm × 210 cm × 150 cm Photo © Tony Prikryl

Press Release

Ugo Rondinone’s moonrise. east. july—one of twelve sculptures representing each calendar month in the artist’s Moonrise series—is a nearly nine-foot-tall bust of a masklike figure. Paying homage to the moon and its many changes and mythologies, each sculpture dons a different exaggerated expression, similar to the waxing and waning of the moon. First modeled in clay before being cast in aluminum and painted, some of these heads are inviting and playful, while others are more...
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