/   ROBIN RHODE

TORRE PELLICE

08.10.23
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28.01.24

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THE ABANDONED GARDEN

Robin Rhode’s new exhibition at Galleria Tucci Russo, ‘The Abandoned Garden’, finds inspiration in the life and struggle of Afro-German poet and activist May Ayim by translating her evocative vision – ‘Blues in Black and White’. Here, gravity meets yearning. As a musical and psychological riff, ‘Blues in Black and White’ deepens the burden and poetry of black life. As children of the African diaspora, Ayim then, Rhode now, have acknowledged the psychic consequence of disjuncture and displacement, which, for Ayim, tragically took its toll. Sensitive both to loss and to beauty, Rhode’s visual translation edifies pain and sanctifies grace. His latest body of work on display at Galleria Tucci Russo is a vigil and a prayer. [...]
A text by Robin Rhode and Ashraf Jamal

Exhibition view

Exhibition view
Room 1

Exhibition view
Room 1

Exhibition view
Room 1

Blues Vignette 1
2023
Black and white photograph and spray painting on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

Blues Vignette 4
2023
Black and white photograph and spray painting on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

Blues Vignette 17
2023
Black and white photograph and spray painting on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

Exhibition view
Room 2

Exhibition view
Room 2

Exhibition view
Room 2

Exhibition view
Room 2

Exhibition view
Room 2

Exhibition view
Room 2

Blues Vignette 8
2023
Black and white photograph and oil pastel on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

Blues Vignette 18
2023
Black and white photograph and oil pastel on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

Blues Vignette 10
2023
Black and white photograph and soft pastel on  300 g paper mounted onto canvas
Cm 180 x 160

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