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Working as a painter, sculptor and photographer, Ugo Rondinone is most concerned with the perception of space and time and how humanity interacts with its natural environment. 

Rondinone began elaborating his series of monumental 'Mountains' sculptures in 2011 when commissioned by the Nevada Museum of Art to create a site-specific public installation. He aimed to begin a new chapter in the history of Land Art, an art movement characterized by artistic interventions in nature that emerged towards the end of the 1960s. While Rondinone remains indebted to his historical forebears, he is also influenced by Pop art and comic culture. By stacking between two to six huge irregularly shaped boulders painted in Day-Glo colors, he makes giant rocky spires that protrude from the landscape. Reminiscent of the naturally formed hoodoos in the deserts of North America, and also of the age-old spiritual practice of piling stones, these sculptures pose a stark contrast to their surroundings. Overwhelming and powerful, yet balanced and meditative, Rondinone’s 'Mountains' highlight the contrast between the organic and constructed and nature and civilization.

‘ermatingen mountain,’ (2021) is a unique sculpture commissioned by the �۶���Ƶ Art Collection. The artist was inspired by the beautiful landscape surrounding the Wolfsberg – �۶���Ƶ Center for Education and Dialogue in Ermatingen, Switzerland. By playing on our perception of scale—the piles look small from a distance, but huge when close-by—the artist elevates the surrounding landscape and invites us to broaden our perspective.

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