Robin Rhode

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Robin Rhode
Robin Rhode, 2018.jpg
Rhode in 2018
Born1976 (age 4849)
Cape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Education Technikon Witwatersrand;
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance
OccupationArtist

Robin Rhode (born 1976) is a South African artist based in Berlin, Germany. He has made wall drawings, photographs and sculptures. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Rhode was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied fine art at Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (now the University of Johannesburg), followed by postgraduate work in 2000 at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance. [3]

Work

Robin Rhode, "the candle" A film still from "the Candle".jpg
Robin Rhode, "the candle"

Rhode is represented by Lehmann Maupin. [4] [ non-primary source needed ]

In November 2009, he provided stop-frame video animations for a performance by Leif Ove Andsnes of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the Lincoln Center in New York. [5] [6]

Rhode on Times Square for Erwartung Robin Rhode 2015.JPG
Rhode on Times Square for Erwartung

In 2014, Rhode directed a music video for the U2 single "Every Breaking Wave"; it includes stop-frame animation stencil drawings, and figures that interact with them. [7]

Exhibitions and performances

Reception

In 2018, he won the Zurich Art Prize. [21] [22] Examples of his work are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, [23] the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan, [24] and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. [25]

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References

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  2. "Robin Rhode: Under the Sun". Elephant. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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  5. "Sound and Vision: A Piano Recital With a Multimedia Heart". The New York Times . Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/artnews/robin_rhode_and_leif_ove_andsn%5B‍%5D
  7. "U2 Release 'Every Breaking Wave' Video, From South African Artist Robin Rhode". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  8. "Contemporary Projects 12: Robin Rhode". Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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  13. "Neuberger Museum of Art". Neuberger.org. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  14. "Robin Rhode – The Sudden Walk". Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  15. Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung, Times Square on YouTube; Forbes, Alexander (10 November 2015). "Robin Rhode Stages an Anxiety Attack in Times Square". Artsy . Retrieved 29 August 2021.; ""Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung – A Performance by Robin Rhode"". Times Square Arts. Retrieved 29 August 2021.; Zachary Woolfe (8 November 2015). "Robin Rhode Takes Schoenberg's Erwartung to the Street (Broadway, No Less)". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 August 2021.; "Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung – A Performance by Robin Rhode". Google Arts & Culture . Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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  17. "Robin Rhode – a plan of the soul", curated by Sabine Schaschl  [ de ], October 2018 – January 2019, Haus Konstruktiv
  18. "Die zeitlosen Werke von Robin Rhode im Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg" by Urszula Usakowska-Wolff  [ Wikidata ], kunstdunst.com, 18 November 2019 (in German)
  19. "Robin Rhode. Memory Is the Weapon", July – November 2020, Kunsthalle Krems
  20. "Robin Rhode – On display until 26 September 2021", Museum Voorlinden
  21. "The Zurich Art Prize 2018 Goes to Robin Rhode". www.hauskonstruktiv.ch. Museum Haus Konstruktiv . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  22. "Robin Rhode Awarded $100,000 Zurich Art Prize". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  23. "Robin Rhode". Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  24. "Robin Rhode Black Friday – 1 Billion". Detroit Institute of Arts . Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  25. "Robin Rhode". Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum . Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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