Seven Mountains by Ugo Rondinone (Vegas)

By JC - April 15, 2017

Date: 2017-04-15 (Saturday)

Website: http://sevenmagicmountains.com/
This is only a 2 year installation. Opened officially on May 11, 2016 and you will see it till 2018. So better check it out soon.

Directions:From Las Vegas: Follow I-15 S to Sloan Rd (exit 25). Turn left (east) to Las Vegas Boulevard. Drive approximately 7 miles south on Las Vegas Blvd. and the artwork will appear on your left (east). (http://sevenmagicmountains.com/)

Seven Magic Mountains, a two-year public art installation, is located approximately 10 miles south of the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway in Henderson, Nevada. The installation site is a short distance from legendary Jean Dry Lake where Michael Heizer and Jean Tinquely created significant sculptures in the 1960s. (http://sevenmagicmountains.com/)

The making of the sculpture

So who is Ugo Rodinone? A quick Google search of Ugo says this

Ugo Rondinone (born 1964) is a Swiss-born mixed-media artist living in New York. His work frequently employs the experiential qualities of the everyday, often reflecting on the boundaries between fiction and reality

In 2015, Rondinone proposed Seven Magic Mountains, an installation of seven neon stone totems painted in artificially bright yellows, purples and other colors, constructed from car-size stone cut from a Nevada quarry and stacked 32 feet high (Wiki)

Even though it was just 7 columns of about 30+ of vivid colorful rocks, it was a good contrast with the brownish background of the Vegas Desert! It was just really simple but I like it, we just went there look around, took some pictures, and went somewhere. It was not too far to go there as it s like a 20 minute drive and it's just interesting.

I was just wondering what they'll do with this after 2 years. Some folks joke about being a huge paperweight. But would have just been nice if it was just left there, but then again, maintaining this will be a bit hard. I've seen some colors being chipped off and it has only been a year. [Not sure if they still repaint this somehow as the colors are still very vivd and bright despite almost a year].