GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This exaggerated, monolithic door is oppressively real and heavy, but also feels imagined, as if pulled from a child’s fantasy. With thick wood, sealed windows, and permanently closed locks, it cartoonishly exemplifies everything one would expect to find in a medieval castle. Ugo Rondinone’s sculpture manages to confuse the viewer’s sense of reality—especially when shown alongside his equally cartoonish sculptures of walls and windows—as they confront something distantly familiar but at the same time obviously fake. Despite its total lack of functionality— leading to nowhere, keeping nothing out, unable to be opened—the door is menacing in its impenetrability.
Excerpt from
- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 220.
NOTES
Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 12/4/18.
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- The Contemporary, Austin~Review Rondinone's 2018-2019 exhibition the true.
- M-Leuven~Explore images and descriptions of Rondinone's work.
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Ugo Rondinone, _frail foggy fairytale_
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General Description
This exaggerated, monolithic door is oppressively real and heavy, but also feels imagined, as if pulled from a child’s fantasy. With thick wood, sealed windows, and permanently closed locks, it cartoonishly exemplifies everything one would expect to find in a medieval castle. Ugo Rondinone’s sculpture manages to confuse the viewer’s sense of reality—especially when shown alongside his equally cartoonish sculptures of walls and windows—as they confront something distantly familiar but at the same time obviously fake. Despite its total lack of functionality— leading to nowhere, keeping nothing out, unable to be opened—the door is menacing in its impenetrability.
Excerpt from
- Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 220.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- The Contemporary, Austin~Review Rondinone's 2018-2019 exhibition the true.
- M-Leuven~Explore images and descriptions of Rondinone's work.
Notes
Did not get object file- streamlined process, no provenance. CLC, 12/4/18.
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
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PROVENANCE
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VIDEO ASSETS
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