
Robin Rhode
Tension
Hatje Cantz Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 20. June 2016
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-3-7757-4160-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Berlin-based artist, Robin Rhode (* 1976 in Cape Town), engages in a variety of visual languages such as photography, performance, drawing and sculpture to create arrestingly beautiful narratives. Coming of age in a newly post-apartheid South Africa, Rhode was exposed to new forms of creative expression motivated by the spirit of the individual rather than dictated by a political or social agenda. This new publication emphasizes the creative influence of the Italian Art movement Arte Povera during the early sixties and seventies on Rhode's hybrid street-based aesthetic. The creative dialogue transformed urban landscapes and interior spaces into imaginary worlds, compressing space and time, as two-dimensional renderings become the subject of three-dimensional interactions by a sole protagonist. Rhode's work reveals a mastery of illusion, a rich range of historical and contemporary references, and an innate skill for blending high and low art forms.
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Language
English
Italian
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Edition type
Bilingual edition
Product notice
Trade binding
Imitation cloth
Illustrations
0 Abbildungen, 443 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
ca. 450 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 31 cm
Width: 23 cm
Thickness: 3 cm
Weight
1609 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-4160-6 (9783775741606)
Schweitzer Classification