Peter Zimmermann's "Spiga" in the King Car Cultural & Educational Foundation’s Collection

Installation in King Car Cultural & Educational Foundation

"spiga" (2023)，Peter Zimmermann／彼得．辛莫曼，Epoxy on Canvas／環氧樹脂於畫布，78 3/4 x 57 1/8 in；200 x 145 cm

German artist Peter Zimmermann has a rich and diverse body of work. His "Book Cover Paintings" series focuses on epoxy resin representations of book covers of atlases, art books, and more. By defining the relationship between text and image, Zimmermann interprets his views and explores the gap between our "perception" and "presentation" of objects.

Zimmermann's abstract paintings draw inspiration from collected photographs or documentary images. The work titled "Spiga" originates from a forest on the outskirts of Cologne, a place Zimmermann frequents. The roots of an ancient tree in this century-old forest inspired the creation of the painting.

Zimmermann’s mother is German, and his father was Italian. Following his father's early death, Zimmermann developed a deep connection with Italian culture and language. "La Spiga" refers to the Italian word for "wheat ear." His original intention derives from a parable from the Bible about appreciating blessings, echoing the cyclical growth of the ancient tree roots in the Colognian forest.

New York-Based Artist Rona Pondick's Works Added to Museum Collections

Muskrat, 2002-05

Stainless steel, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
10 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 4 5/8 in (26.67 x 31.75 x 11.75 cm)

Milkman, 1989

Stainless steel, Edition of 3 + 1 AP
10 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 4 5/8 in (26.67 x 31.75 x 11.75 cm)

Sourballs, 1995

Plastic, mylar, and glass jar, Edition of 9 + 3 APs
13 ¾ x 9 ½ x 9 ½ in (35 x 24.13 x 24.13 cm) (52 elements in glass jar)

Red Platter (21), 1994

Pigmented epoxy and wooden bowl, Unique
8 x 16 x 16 in (20.32 x 40.64 x 40.64 cm)

Mouth #66, 1996

Flasche, india ink, pigment and graphite on mulberry paper
10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches

Muskrat (2002-05) is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago,  Chicago, Illinois

Milkman (1989) and Sourballs  (1995) are in the collection of the Mc Nay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

Red Platter (21) (1994) and Mouth #66 are in the collection of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

Celebrated North-Irish Artist Rodney Dickson’s Works Collected by Hugh Lane Gallery

Courtesy of the artist

Contemporary painter Rodney Dickson was born in Northern Ireland in 1956. Exploring the aftermath of wars in earlier works, Dickson was later known for his abstract paintings. Through repeated stacking and scraping of oil paints, he creates vivid and thick colors and textures, revealing strong emotions in the artworks. Recently, his two representative oil paintings, Kill 'em all and Let Buddah sort 'em out (2004-2007) and Number 6 (2009), were collected by Hugh Lane Gallery, a leading modern art museum in Ireland since its founding in 1908. The paintings are also on view at the "New Acquisitions" exhibition until August 30, 2023.

5 sculptures and one work on paper by Rona Pondick have entered the Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York

pigmented resin and acrylic，14.5 x 20 x 21.5 cm｜5.7 x 7.9 x 8.5 inches (Courtesy of the artist)

The artwork by American artist Rona Pondick has become a part of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art's collection in New York. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, located at Cornell University, was established in 1973. Since its inception, the museum has welcomed visitors free of charge. It continually strives to fulfill its cultural and educational responsibility by serving a broad and diverse audience.

Petah Coyne Added to Collection of “National Academy of Design”

Petah Coyme's early black sand sculpture “Untiled #697” (1991) is now part of the Naional Academy of Design's pemanent collection. Founded in NewYork City in 1825 by renowned artists Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, and others. lt aims to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition. To date the National Academy of Design had elected 8,000 works from talented artists, including Petah Coymes “Untitled #697”, which presents beauty and fragile imagery alluding to death and decay.

Rona Pondick Added to Collection of “Walker Art Center”

“Wallaby” had recently been collected by Walker Art Center, one of the most-visited modem and contemporary art muscums in the United States. Walker Art Center is once lumber baron T. B. Walker's private collecti tion. Since he invited the public to visit his collection in 1879, it evolved into the Walker Art Center. This work will be joining other works by top artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Yoko Ono, and Kara Walker in this collection.

Ana Teresa Barboza: Rimac Seguros Collection

Congratulations to Ana Teresa Barboza’s work “Historias del Rímac”, to be collected by Rímac Seguros, the oldest insurance company in Peru. In “Historias del Rímac”, Barboza re-weaves the territories, presenting how water articulates the soils we inhabit. In this work, the artist uses natural yarns and local plants as dyes from the Andes of Cuzco and Lambayeque. Through integrating materials from regions and communities, Barboza interweaves the power between the artist and territories. 

Hsu Che-Yu: Hong Kong M+ Museum Collection

Focusing on the world’s foremost collections of twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual culture, M+ Museum will be opened this November. M+ has been collecting works from artists, designers, and architects since 2012. Though rooted in Asia, its collection examines from a global perspective and aims to discover and record diverse contemporary cultures and techniques. Recently, M+ has included Taiwanese artist Hsu Che-Yu's “Microphone Test: A Letter to Huang Guo-Jun” into its collection. Inspired by writer Huang Guo-Jun’s work Microphone Test, awards-winning artist Hsu Che-Yu uses fiction in place of reality to discuss death and collective memories in this work. 

Petah Coyne at "Womanology. José Ramón Prieto Collection", The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Petah Coyne “Untitled #959 (1999-2000)” in Spain at The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum'

See Petah Coyne's Untitled #959 (1999-2000) in Spain at The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum's new exhibition Womanology which highlights works from the private collection of José Ramón Prieto.

In this exhibition, the curators have chosen works by women artists— of which there are many in Prieto's collection. Womanology showcases 43 works from 35 different artists working in a variety of media and touches upon various art historical movements and various female perspectives. Untitled #959 is a pristine white plaster sculpture, with plaster being a media Coyne worked most heavily with in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Congrats to Rona Pondick for Winning the American Academy of Arts and Letters’s Art Purchase Program

The Academy’s purchase program began in 1946 to place the work of talented, living American artists in museums across the country. Since the inauguration of this program, the Academy has spent nearly $5 million to purchase over 1200 works of art.

Nunu Fine Art is very honored to be able to present Rona Pondick’s sculptures in art fair, Taipei Dangdai, took p lace in the beginning of this year. Pondick’s winning work in the 2020 Art Purchase Program is currently on display in the “Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts”, and will be shown in the “Ceremonial Exhibition: Work by New Members and Recipients of Awards”, which opens in late May.

Peter Zimmermann at Hallmark Collection

Photo credit to Peter Zimmermann’s website

Hallmark, the biggest greeting card company in the world, is also recognized for its art collection which leads an established history for over sixty years. With the guidance of current curator, Hallmark Art Collection commissioned Peter Zimmermann, whose works have been admired worldwide, to create an epoxy installation in length of 14 meters as their permanent collection. The installation of the work has just been done. 

Rona Pondick's〈Granite Bed〉 is in permanent collection at Yale University

Rona Pondick who is expected to have an exhibition in Nunu Fine. Her work was invited by the Yale University New Haven Campus in Connecticut and will be permanently on display in the campus. This piece is located just two blocks away from the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library which features a Noguchi Sculpture Garden, and not far from Alexander Calder's Gallows and Lollipops.
　　　　
In this work, Rona fills the entire surface with the handwritten text "I want" to express human pursuit of desire: "Wanting" is a fundamental wish, a desire that propels us in life. Our wanting is drawn from both deep and shallow emotions, and desires, that exerts a profound influence on all facets of human behavior. I want what? Another person? To eat? Money? Power?........ To want is the foundation; the building block of human emotions. But once the words "I want" are taken out of context, how do we attach meaning to them? You think you know what wanting is. But do we? What are the objects of desire? What is desire itself?” The dedication for the building and sculpture will take place on September 20th, 2018. When it's finished, Nunu Fine Art’s friends are welcome to visit.
　　　　
羅娜・龐迪克，〈花崗岩床〉，1998，黑色印度花崗岩，92.71 x 91.44 x 670.56 cm
Rona Pondick, 〈Granite Bed〉, 1998, Black Indian granite, 36.5 x 36 x 264"

Metropolitan Museum of Art New Collection: Morgan O'Hara

 TRANSMISSION: movement of the hands of RADU LUPU while playing Sonata in E minor opus 90 by LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN