Ugo Rondinone (Bilingual edition)

Name: Ugo Rondinone (Bilingual edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775756426
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You Got to Burn to Shine captures Ugo Rondinone's 2022 exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris, centred on transformation through elemental forces. The book features three ensembles of sculptures invoking earth, sky, air, water, and fire in their spiritual essence. Visitors encounter suspended bodies blending air and water, seated dancers formed from wax and earth sourced worldwide, and a monumental film installation burn to shine showcasing desert dancers and musicians from sunset to sunrise. Rondinone's dialogue with the museum's architecture and collections adds depth to this immersive artistic exploration.
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This bilingual edition will appeal to contemporary art enthusiasts, exhibition attendees, and readers interested in sculpture, elemental themes, and immersive video installations.

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You Got to Burn to Shine

Ugo Rondinone's 2022 exhibition the water is a poem unwritten by the air / no. the earth is a poem unwritten by the fire at the Petit Palais in Paris explores the theme of transformation.

Ugo Rondinone presents three ensembles of sculptures and a monumental video installation. Earth, sky, air, water, and fire are invoked in the fullness of their spiritual dimension. Under the museum's painted ceilings, the first ensemble welcomes visitors in a farandole of suspended bodies painted in a clouded sky camouflage, underlining the ephemeral melding of air and water.

A second ensemble is composed of seated sculptures of dancers at rest made from a blend of wax and earth collected from seven continents. The centerpiece artwork titled burn to shine, is a film installation presented in a monumental charred wood cylinder. The artwork depicts bodies coming together throughout movement, with dancers and musicians gathered around a fire in the desert from sunset to sunrise. This is in echo with John Giorno's poem titled You Got To Burn To Shine.

This catalogue is a unique document of the dialogue between Rondinone's works confronted with the museum's architecture and its collections.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775756426

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 November 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 71 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Text by Juliette Singer
Text by Erik Verhagen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 128

Collections

Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

UGO RONDINONE (*1964, Brunnen, Switzerland) is recognized as one of the major voices of his generation, an artist who composes searing meditations on nature and the human condition while establishing an organic formal vocabulary in sculpture, painting, video, and performance. The New York-based artist borrows from ancient and modern cultural sources; his works exude pathos and humor, going straight to the heart of the most pressing issues of our time.