(born 1964, in Brunnen, Switzerland)

Currently living and working in New York City, Ugo Rondinone has exhibited widely in Europe and the United States. In I Don’t Live Here Anymore, he digitally attaches images of his own head to fashion models’ bodies. Positioning this altered self-portrait within the invented world of fashion glossies, he deconstructs high-style clothing, cosmetics, and attitudes. In so doing, he elicits a world in which, via virtual reality, we may all—regardless of age or gender—transform ourselves into the ideal self propounded by the beauty industry.