Famous floating sculpture of Federer sold for 320,000 Francs

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 at 23:30

Floating sculpture of Roger Federer sold for 320,000 Francs.

The former world No. 1 collaborated between 2021 and 2022 with Swiss artist Rondinone, where the former tennis player joined the 'Human Clouds' project, depicting several people in a suspended position. According to RTS Info on Twitter, Federer's statue was sold for over 320,000, equivalent to 350,000.

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"Roger Federer has lent his body and a little of his modesty, to contemporary Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. The statue sold for just over 320,000 francs at Art Basel," they wrote.

Rondinone has declared himself a fan of the tennis legend and stated that he sought an elegant solution to include Federer in the project.

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"It came as a surprise because I don't do commission. Once I do commission, I go blank and I feel I have to fulfil something which is really not my line of thought. But we found an elegant solution," he said. "I’m a great admirer of his achievement. So, I wanted to help out and find an elegant solution by including him in something that I’m working on already."

"I reflect and say, 'Why not just include him as an anonymous figure in this existing project. I will not promote him as a figure, I would like him just to be one of seven neutral bodies, who fly'," Rondinone continued.

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