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Robin Rhode — Matriks
Robin Rhode

Matriks

A dynamic twelve-part photographic sequence, *Matriks* captures the artist's performative interaction with a drawn or painted wall intervention, freezing motion across a grid of gelatin silver prints. Rhode's signature blend of street art aesthetics and staged choreography transforms the flat surface into an animated stage, where the body becomes both subject and instrument. The cool precision of the Diasec-mounted silver prints lends the work a crisp, cinematic quality that amplifies the tension between stillness and implied movement.

Medium
twelve gelatin silver prints, each Diasec mounted

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Under the Influence

April 13, 2015

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Robin Rhode, Matriks

A dynamic twelve-part photographic sequence, *Matriks* captures the artist's performative interaction with a drawn or painted wall intervention, freezing motion across a grid of gelatin silver prints. Rhode's signature blend of street art aesthetics and staged choreography transforms the flat surface into an animated stage, where the body becomes both subject and instrument. The cool precision of the Diasec-mounted silver prints lends the work a crisp, cinematic quality that amplifies the tension between stillness and implied movement.

Medium
twelve gelatin silver prints, each Diasec mounted
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Performance Photography, Street Art Influenced, Diasec Mounted, Street Art, Male Artist, South African Artist, Urban Narrative, Conceptual Art, Gelatin Silver Print, Contemporary Artist, Urban Themes, Sequential Photography, Early 21st Century, Black and White

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