Pablo’s Piano - Rod Lathim

“Pablo’s Piano”

Deconstructed grand piano parts, glass and metal

69” Tx 42” D x 22” W

A grand piano, once a vessel of sound, reborn as a sculpture of silence and light. “Pablo’s Piano” is a meditation on the essence of music — what remains when the melody fades, when the instrument is stripped to its soul.

MoMa in New York City presented an extraordinary exhibit of Picasso’s evolution of three-dimensional work in 2015-16. This exhibit changed the chemistry in my brain and continues to have a major impact on my sculptural work. I deconstructed multiple grand pianos to create a series of re-constructed piano works. This was the first of these works. This piano has a special place in my heart as it lived at The Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, where I have directed and performed. I met the legendary actor Jack Lemmon at this piano at The Rubicon.