RODAN
KANE HART

VENICE 2017







Western Death Mask(s)
at Swatch Faces 2017 as part of the Biennale Arte 2017
Arsenale, sale d’Armi B, first floor
May 13 – November 26, 2017
57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Western Death Mask(s) is an elaboration on artist Rodan Kane Hart’s concern with the subject of spatial perception within the complex and changing structures of the developing city.

The collection on display will be a series of stainless steel sculptures, consisting of 40 uniquely impressioned masks made out of mirror-polished stainless steel. Each work has been moulded from mass-produced pedagogical Romanesque busts found at art stores in Shanghai, China. Although figurative in their origin the works are abstract in their final representation. The complete installation will be a 6000 x 3000 x 1000 mm free standing concave structure constructed out of wood with a corten steel facade, this surface will continue to rust as the exhibition goes on.


RODAN KANE HART
AT WORK
(Artist Book)

RODAN KANE HART AT WORK a new 280-page artist book presenting the past 6 years of Harts work, intersecting sculptures with, process images, drawings, prints, and photographs. Insightful texts by writer Sean O’Toole, artist Michael MacGarry, and Hart himself. Containing all 3 of Hart's solo exhibitions as well as a full chronology of the artists work since 2005.

Limited to a first hard cover edition of 350 with 1-20 sculpture editions as well as 21-50 print editions. Published by Bad Paper in conjunction with RKH&Co, Designed by Ben Johnson.

Author: Rodan Kane Hart
www.rodankanehart.com

Publisher: Bad Paper
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Designer: Ben Johnson
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RODAN KANE HART AT WORK will be available at the official 57th Venice Biennale Bookstore in the Arsenale and at the Giardini, Venice, Italy.
Special thanks to Swatch, Prodigy Investment Holdings, Ben Johnson, and Skye & Richard Korck

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Editions 50 - 350 @ R850


RODAN KANE HART
GOES TO SHANGHAI 
(Series)

RODAN KANE HART GOES TO SHANGHAI, a visual and literal journey of artist Rodan Kane Hart ‘performing’ his routine whilst living in Shanghai, China at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in 2016/17.

A daily ‘voyage’ captured by photographer Jonathan Kope during Hart’s last week in the Chinese city, delivering a cross section of photographic realism as well as intended fashion pastiche, which is Kope’s predominate focus.

The images tell the story of Hart, a South African artist negotiating the cosmopolitan landscape of Shanghai, juxtaposing aspects of daily life, eating, sleeping, partying, and working with those of a considered performance and staged images. The photographs serve as a documented precursor leading up to Hart’s inclusion in Swatch Faces 2017, at the 57th Venice Biennale.

A 90-page booklet has been curated and designed by Ben Johnson, and a limited edition series of silk scarves depicting a variation on the image above will be available soon, contact below for enquires.  

Photographer: Jonathan Kope
www.jonathankope.com

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BOOKLET AND SCARVES



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