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Against the backdrop of a large stone slab, two figures appear to be standing on a row of aligned bricks – or at least it looks that way. The photo is taken from above, and the figures are actually lying down. One person, dressed in white, appears to be throwing a brick at the figure dressed in red.

Color Chart

Robin Rhode

  • Year 2004-2006
  • Edition Edition 5/5 (+ 2 a.p.)
  • Material/Technique single-channel video installation (color, sound)
  • Length 4' 50''
  • Category Media Art
  • Collection Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München

The film Color Chart by the South African artist Robin Rhode embodies the struggle between the white canvas and colour. In the guise of a man dressed in white, the canvas successfully defends itself against the attacks of opponents clad in colour, who assail it with various weapons. Rhode tells the story in stop-motion animation using simple means. The ground is suggested only by a row of bricks, which also serve as projectiles, while a worn floor provides the background. Rhode understands Color Chart not only as an exploration of the medium of painting, but also as a humorous allusion to the black community’s struggle for recognition of their identity in a South Africa still shaped by its colonial history.