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Title

all MOMENTS stop here and together we become every memory that has ever been.

2002

Artist

Ugo Rondinone

Switzerland

1964 –

  • Details

    Date
    2002
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    Plexiglass
    Edition
    unique
    Dimensions
    160.4 x 150.2 x 3.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    John Kaldor Family Collection
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    L2011.47
    Copyright
    © the artist

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    Ugo Rondinone

    Works in the collection

    10

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  • About

    Spanning a broad array of material practices and media, Ugo Rondinone’s works are often unsettling and deal with themes of isolation and disenchantment. At once distinct and interrelated, the works installed in this room cross-pollinate, shaping a single narrative. The looped conversation of the wall and sound installation ‘what do you want?’ suggests a relationship permeated with miscommunication, doubt and loneliness. Coupled with this soundtrack, the reclining clown in ‘if there were anywhere but desert. Wednesday’ appears bored and disaffected. In a similar vein of inversion and directionlessness, ‘all MOMENTS stop here and together we become every memory that has ever been.’ resembles a window, yet rather than opening onto a view, it reflects the interior space back onto itself in sombre black tones.

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 4 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 3 publications

Other works by Ugo Rondinone

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