Meet the Artist: Ugo Rondinone [Vocabulary of Solitude]

You need know nothing about Ugo Rondinone (Brunnen 1964) to understand what his work is all about. Old gnarled trees, tiny birds, bronze horses: they are the same and yet all different - and this also applies to the primitive human figures made up of rough blocks of stone. Constantly recurring motifs are the clown and the rainbow, whereby the first portrays in all its colourful splendour an individual that must rely completely on himself, while the rainbow, with the same colours and a poetic text, shows how we people are connected with each other.
But even if his work is immediately understood by everybody (even or perhaps particularly by children), it is still interesting to hear what people who know Rondinone have to say about him. Film-maker Hans Wessels travelled to New York and Zurich to talk to gallery owners Barbara Gladstone and Eva Presenhuber, MoMA curator Laura Hoptman and the poet and artist John Giorno, who is also Rondinone’s life partner.
This video was made in the context of the exhibition ‘Ugo Rondinone - Vocabulary of Solitude’, which will be on show in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen from 13 February to 29 May 2016.

[@shundawan7936]

could anyone help translate what the kids said at the end?

[@GJovaani]

First blonde kid: "They look like they're sleeping. Some look fake, but some look very real."
The group of kids: "Maybe they take a nap because they are tired from all the work?" "Yeah! They may have gotten tired from all the work at the circus."
The little boy (with his sister?): "Some have lost their hat."
The second group: "It looks like they are a bit sad." "Some are crying a bit."
The older girl: "Yes, they are dolls, but it really is art."
Greetings from holland :)

[@antwortmir4451]

Ugo Rondinone? Ugo Rondinone was supposed to tell about the time when he was a rent boy and how his career came about. Or how he, as a roommate in shared apartments, stole from those who only had the bare essentials. Time heals all crimes. Now he's a big angel!

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Ugo Rondinone? Ugo Rondinone was supposed to tell about the time when he was a rent boy and how his career came about. Or how he, as a roommate in shared apartments, stole from those who only had the bare essentials. Time heals all crimes. Now he's a big angel! CORRECTION: art dealers vs. art making: A HORROR ENDORSEMENT from a notorious art dealer and her call for exploitation: "One has to be evil, downright evil!" quote Eva Presenhuber; We publish these embarrassing statements because we are not the only ones who have been closely following this worrying development in the art market for some time. Former director of Presenhuber gallery: “She’s the type of person who will finish your sentences for you, she won’t let you finish talking. Is there any clearer proof of hubris? Still, she feels very good about it. Eva Presenhuber is rather a special kind of person. I think the best word to describe her would be sociopath. Eva Presenhuber was repeatedly told that her abuse of these artists, who threatened Rondinone's supremacy in the gallery, would become public knowledge. Insiders know that Eva Presenhuber has destroyed important artistic careers on behalf of Rondinone in the past. In fact, at Rondinone's request, she eliminated potential competitors to the point of financially damaging herself; It is thanks to Rondinone's machinations that Pipilotti Rist and Urs Fischer changed galleries. There's no remorse, she wouldn't even know what you were talking about!" Eva Presenhuber is consistently referred to as the Harvey Weinstein of the art world. But with the fundamental difference that male artists do not go to the police, even if a gallery owner like Presenhuber maliciously harasses them. If anyone has information on where to find Markl, please let us know! Markl has disappeared, we don't know if he is still alive. The puppet master behind this extermination campaign is Ugo Rondinone. (Ex-husband of Eva Presenhuber). Markl is one of the most influential artists today. The way in which some of the most influential contemporary artists are exploited by their peers can be compared to the most brutal psychological abuse of any other pejorative relationship, surely one of the bloodiest lines of business in existence. Of course, carefully hidden behind the mask of the finest, most humane and most sensitive of all motives, namely art. You have the right to know such compromising facts so that you can use your powerful influence on existing and future collaborations to react accordingly with your inner moral compass.

[@antwortmir4451]

HORROR ENDORSEMENT apropos art dealers vs. the art making process: Horror Endorsement from a notorious art dealer and her call for exploitation: "One has to be evil, downright evil!" quote Eva Presenhuber; We publish these embarrassing statements because we are not the only ones who have been closely following this worrying development in the art market for some time. Former director of Presenhuber gallery: “She’s the type of person who will finish your sentences for you, she won’t let you finish talking. Is there any clearer proof of hubris? Still, she feels very good about it. Eva Presenhuber is rather a special kind of person. I think the best word to describe her would be sociopath. She has been repeatedly made aware that she treats some artists (who depend on her sales activity) like shit. There's no remorse, she wouldn't even know what you were talking about!" Eva Presenhuber is the Harvey Weinstein of the art world. But male artists don't run to the police, even if a gallery owner maliciously molests them. Eva Presenhuber brutally bullied Hugo Markl. If anyone has information on where to find Hugo Markl, please let us know! Hugo Markl has disappeared, we don't know if he is still alive. The puppet master behind this extermination campaign is Ugo Rondinone. (Ex-husband of Eva Presenhuber) sic! Hugo Markl is definitely one of the most influential artists today. The works of a number of artists are directly or indirectly influenced by Markl's works. One should not look for banal copies of copyists, but for an attitude that made Markl's works irrefutably the foundation of their works of art. Markl's work is uncompromising and addresses the center of issues, and we think that getting rid of Markl's influence, consciously or subconsciously, could be extremely difficult for many artists. His work is powerful if we like it or not. And at the same time hardly any influence is so fought and controverted (or would it be more honest to say denied) by other artists as the influence of Markl's stand on art these days. The manner in which contemporary artists are exploited can be equated with the most brutal psychological abuse of any other derogatory relationship, certainly one of the bloodiest lines of business there is. Of course, [all] carefully hidden behind the mask of the finest, most human and most sensitive of all motifs, namely art.

[@cliffdariff74]

Nahhhhh