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Label Text Air gets into everything even nothing further investigates Ugo Rondinone's interest in time, displacement, and the relationship between natural and artificial environments. While this sculpture is at once realistic-it's an exact replica of a still living 2,000-year-old olive tree-it is also a man-made construction fabricated from aluminum and covered with white enamel. Rondinone plays with the idea that the original tree is a living entity with deep, history-rich roots, while this ghostly image has nothing beneath its surface to affix it to a permanent location.
Published References"John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park", Lea Rosson DeLong, ed., Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, 1923, p. 116, 118-119, detail p. 134
DimensionsOverall: 155 7/8 × 157 1/2 × 118 1/8 in., 1100 lb. (395.9 × 400.1 × 300 cm, 499 kg.)
Accession Number 2015.18
Classificationssculpture
Edition2/3, 1 AP
Provenance(Matthew Marks Gallery); John and Mary Pappajohn [purchased from previous, 2008]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from previous, 2015]

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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air gets into everything even nothing
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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