nuns + monks Ugo Rondinone
September 11—October 17, 2020
Esther Schipper, Berlin

nuns + monks Ugo Rondinone

Exhibition view: nuns + monks, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2020. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

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Stones have been a presence and recurring material and symbol in my art. They are the subjects of the stone figures that I began with the monumental Human Nature installation at the Rockefeller Plaza in 2013, followed by Seven Magic Mountains in the Nevada Desert in 2016. Both groups are the study and enjoyment of naturally formed stones as objects of beauty and contemplation, and in turn generate personal, meditative states of looking in which...
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nuns + monks

Ugo Rondinone
nuns + monks from Ugo Rondinone continues to address the dual reflection between the inner self and the natural world. Just as the external world one sees is inseparable from the internal structures of oneself, nuns + monks allows such layers of signification to come in and out of focus, prompting the viewer to revel in the pure sensory experience of color, form and mass while simultaneously engender in an⁠ altogether contemporary version of the sublime.⁠