CHOOSE ARTIST
Robert Breer, Paul Chan, Martha Colburn, Thomas Demand, Edison Manufacturing Company, Fleischer Studios, Brent Green, George Griffin, Ezra Johnson, Bill T. Jones and OpenEnded Group, William Kentridge, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Laleh Khorramian, Maria Lassnig, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Joshua Mosley, Oscar Muñoz, Jacco Olivier, Raymond Pettibon, Robert Pruitt, Christine Rebet, Mary Reid Kelley, Lotte Reiniger, Robin Rhode, Hiraki Sawa, Berni Searle, Cindy Sherman, Federico Solmi, Dziga Vertov, Kara Walker
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- Robin Rhode
- Kid Candle from “Memories of Childhood,” 2009
- Super 8mm transferred to DVD; 1 minute 3 seconds
Courtesy of the artist and Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York
ABOUT THIS WORK
In Robin Rhode’s Kid Candle, a live-action child protagonist silently interacts with a hand-drawn candle. The variously exposed film frames simulate the darks and lights of a flickering flame. Kid Candle recalls the innocence of childhood where one’s fascination can be cultivated by something as simple as a candle, and playfully engages with the artist’s childhood memories of boys' street culture in the South Africa of his youth.
ABOUT ROBIN RHODE
Robin Rhode was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1976. In 1998, he earned a National Diploma in Fine Art from the Witwatersrand Technikon and received a degree in Television and Dramatic Arts from the South African School of Film in 2000. The artist is known for his serial photographs and films depicting a figure—typically Rhode himself—interacting with drawn images or objects on walls or concrete. These playful pieces allude to aspects of South African urban youth culture. Solo shows of Rhode’s work have been shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Hayward Gallery in London; and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Other exhibitions that have featured Rhode’s work include Prospect.1 New Orleans in 2008, and the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. Rhode lives and works in Berlin.