Much of Rhode's practice relies
on temporary materials such as chalk and
charcoal reminiscent of the American artist Gary Simmons»
erasure series.
There's a recent set of drawings riffing
on the style of Willem de Kooning, except the old abstract expressionist only drew women who looked like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, while these are manic androgynes, De Kooning's swervy
charcoal swipes and blurry
erasures reduced to a merely competent and mannered style.