{"product_id":"ugo-rondinone-isbn-9780847870844","title":"Ugo Rondinone","description":"\u003cb\u003eUgo Rondinone’s Sun paintings are reproduced at unprecedented scale in a display-worthy elephant folio, published in a limited edition of 345 copies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew  York–based,  Swiss-born  conceptual  artist  Ugo Rondinone’s  Sun  paintings  are  among  his  most  celebrated  series.  Begun  in  1992  and  spanning  three decades,  the  Sun  works  reflect  Rondinone’s  inter-ests  in  nineteenth-century  German  Romanticism  and Tibetan   mysticism   as   vehicles   to   explore   natural phenomena   and   interior   states.   Rondinone   began the  Sun  series  by  directing  his  gaze  inward  (a  coun-terpoint  to  his  contemporaneous  plein  air  works), translating  his  emotional  state  to  circular  bands  of watercolor   on   paper.   To   create   distance   between these  diaristic  studies  and  the  viewer,  Rondinone then altered the media and scale: expanding the Suns to  more  than  seven  feet  in  diameter  and  exchanging tremulous  watercolor  for  seamless  airbrush.  Main-taining  a  consistent  form  and  naming  strategy—the German date of the work—Rondinone cycled through more   than   370   color   combinations,   ranging   from strong contrasts to barely perceptible shifts. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSometimes  referred  to  as  mandala  works,  the  Sun paintings fill the viewer’s field of vision with pulsing color. At 19 by 22 inches, this elephant folio creates an intense  optical  experience  at  close  range.  Complete with  reproductions  of  all  219  large  works  and  154 smaller  canvases  and  prints, \u003ci\u003eUgo  Rondinone:  The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive source on the series to date.\u003cb\u003eBob Nickas \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and curator based in New York. He has organized over 120 exhibitions since 1984. He served as a curatorial advisor at MoMA\/PS1 between 2004 and 2007 and on the teams for the 2003 Biennale de Lyon and Greater New York 2005 at MoMA\/PS1. He was founding editor of \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. His books include \u003ci\u003ePainting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting \u003c\/i\u003eand four collections of writing and interviews. ","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300924969189,"sku":"NP9780847870844","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847870844.jpg?v=1767743107","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ugo-rondinone-isbn-9780847870844","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}