UGO RONDINONE, Cigarettesandwich, 2011 DVD 52′, jewel case
edition 300
published by Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Switzerland not available
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone examinins the psychic and emotional nature of even the most banal events that occur in real life. Since 1997, Rondinone has been making neon-lit, rainbow-colored signs from phrases he appropriates from pop songs and everyday exclamations that are joyous affirmations of love and life, including the sculpture “Hell, Yes” which spells out the title in gigantic rainbow letters on the facade of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan’s Bowery district in New York City.
History of prices:
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Switzerland € 300,- / US$ 400.- August 2012
UGO RONDINONE, still.life. (apple), 2008 2.25 x 2.5 x 2.25 inches
painted bronze, lead
edition 20 not available
Ugo Rondinone’s “still.life (apple)” is a highly realistic, lead-filled, painted bronze sculpture. A promotion text explains: ‘As the title still.life suggests, Rondinone’s multiple represents a self-contained, frozen moment; weighted and isolated with lead. This apple is an object of desire: it is a sublime example of trompe l’oeil, which reflects a long tradition of still life in paintings’.
History of prices:
Sculpture Center, New York, USA US$ 6,500.- February 2012
LAWRENCE WEINER, Stars don’t stand still in the sky, 2011
12,7 x 20,3 x 0,6 cm / 5 x 8.25 inches
enamel, raised metal plaque
signed on certificate, edition 100
published by ArtSpace Edition
not available
This sculpture employs Weiner’s signature use of language and instructions. The blue arrow, red star, and yellow tags depict a kind of navigational sign based on an empirical fact. “Stars dont stand still in the sky” and yet where they’re going there are three possibilties as indicated: “wheresoever,” “whensoever,” or “howsoever.”
EDWARD RUSCHA, Open Book with Worm Holes, 2012
43,2 x 58,4 cm
printed lithograph (7 colors) on Magnani Pescia gray paper
edition 80 + 10 AP
not available
History of prices:
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria € 1300,- August 2012
RICHARD SERRA, Afangar (SKIII), 1991
lithograph, 27,3 x 24 cm / 10.75 x 9.45 inch
numbered, signed, edition 40
Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany
not available
A sculpture called Áfangar has been installed by Richard Serra on a small island in Iceland. The Icelandic title refers to ‘Stand still’, ‘stop’, ‘stop in between’ and ‘vice versa’. The lithographs depict in the view of the artist’s outdoor sculpture.
History of prices:
Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany € 2.500,- July 2012
REINER RUTHENBECK, Rahmen mit schwarzer Kugel, 1987
25 x 30 cm / 9.4 x 11.8 inches, glass, metal grips, wooden sphere with diameter of 10 cm, paint
edition 12
published by Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany
Reiner Ruthenbeck is always in for questioning gravity and the balance of objects as one may see in this multiple.
History of prices:
Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, Germany – November 1991 € 275,- / DM 600,-
BEN VAUTIER, Écrire entre les lignes, 2012
box size: 3,5 x 17,5 x 5 cm
chromed Parker pen, extra ink filling, printed text, wrapped in cardboard holder
edition unknown
published by Parker Pen Company, Newhaven, East Sussex, England.
Collection Kees van Gelder, Amsterdam
