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Ugo Rondinone
(Switzerland 1963– )
- Title
- clockwork for oracles
- Year
- 2011
- Media category
- Installation
- Materials used
- mirror, colour plastic gel, wood, paint, mixed media
- Dimensions
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964.0 x 746.0cm
- Credit
- John Kaldor Family Collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Accession number
- L2011.81
- Copyright
- © the artist
- Location
- Contemporary galleries
- Further information
Although brightly coloured, Ugo Rondinone’s materially diverse works have a melancholy undertone and present viewers with the inevitable passing of time. The site-specific installation ‘clockwork for oracles’ invokes the latter in both its title and in the 52 pieces that make up the work, corresponding to the number of weeks in the year. The newsprint papering this wall also invokes a specific time – namely the date on which the newspaper was printed – while the reflective surfaces of each opaque window-like form reflect the viewer back to themselves. Collectively, these references to time’s passing and personal reflection engage themes of mortality and finitude.
- Bibliography (2)
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Wayne Tunnicliffe (New Zealand; Australia) (Editor), John Kaldor Family Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2011, 314, 326 (colour illus.).
'Kaldor and contemporary' by Wayne Tunnicliffe, pg.26-29, Look Apr 2011, Apr 2011, 28.
