Topic: Robin Rhode

Leif Ove Andsnes

It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to submerge a grand piano for art's sake, but Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes knows a good image when he sees one. So did Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, whose piano suite Pictures at an ...

Awash in notes? Piano "drowns" in Andsnes concert

LONDON (Reuters) - It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.Video footage of a black grand piano under tons of ...

Graffiti artists brush off new look for South Bank

When artist Robin Rhode was asked to create a 400-square-foot mural on the graffiti-scrawled walls of a skateboarding park on the South Bank, he decorated the area with a mass of geometric silver and black patterns. A spokeswoman for the Southbank Centre ...
The fact that Robin Rhode's first solo exhibition in London is at the Hayward Gallery speaks volumes about this young South African artist. Rhode is fast becoming a name associated with politically incisive performances that combine a sharp-wit with total absurdity ...

Chalk talk

A man in a red turban, yellow T-shirt and blue jogging pants lies flat on his back on a tarmac road, and stretches out his arms. Jerry finding a piece of chalk on the ground and drawing himself a door to escape ...