Purple Black Yellow Blue Mountain
2015
A striking vertical totem sculpture by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, composed of stacked painted stones in vivid neon hues — pink, black, neon yellow, and cobalt blue — mounted on a concrete base. The work belongs to Rondinone's celebrated 'Mountain' series, which transforms found natural rocks into bold, totemic figures through the application of intensely saturated paint. Exhibited at Sadie Coles HQ, London, in the 2015 exhibition 'Clouds + Mountains + Waterfalls' and subsequently published in Phaidon's 2022 monograph on the artist. A museum-quality example of Rondinone's signature practice bridging the natural and artificial.
- Medium
- Painted stones and stainless steel with artist's concrete base
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Sadie Coles HQ
Notes
Illustrated in color in: Erik Verhagen, 'Ugo Rondinone: The Domino Effect' in Ugo Rondinone, London, Phaidon Press, 2022, p. 97. Exhibited at Sadie Coles HQ, London, 'Clouds + Mountains + Waterfalls', September–October 2015.
Collectors of Ugo Rondinone
Artists in conversation
Franz West
Austrian · b. 1947
West similarly applied vivid industrial paint to raw sculptural forms, creating totemic stacked and assembled works that balance raw material with bold color saturation and playful formal presence.
John McCracken
American · b. 1934
McCracken's work shares Rondinone's commitment to intensely saturated monochromatic color applied to simple geometric sculptural forms, creating objects that bridge minimalist structure with spiritual and totemic presence.
Lara Favaretto
Italian · b. 1973
Favaretto transforms humble found and industrial materials into vivid sculptural monuments through bold color application, producing works with a similarly totemic verticality and tension between natural raw matter and artificial chromatic intensity.
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