REKOSPECTIVE: The Art of Reko Rennie

REKOSPECTIVE is an immersive exhibition that charts the bold and dynamic practice of renowned Kamilaroi artist, Reko Rennie. The exhibition resists a conventional chronological sequence, allowing audiences to freely navigate the intersection between culture, politics and identity from a contemporary First Nations perspective.

Rennie’s distinctive style, which blends iconography from his Kamilaroi heritage with contemporary media, explores the complexities of his Aboriginal identity and growing up in the urban environment of Melbourne, where he continues to live and work. REKOSPECTIVE unveils new works from Rennie, presented alongside pieces that have garnered the artist international acclaim over the last two decades.

REKOSPECTIVE showcases Rennie’s unique style and offers an important perspectives, from the personal to the political, on cultural and social visibility.

For more information visit: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/rekospective-the-art-of-reko-rennie/

Image credit:
Reko Rennie
Initiation_OA_RR 2021 (detail)
three-channel colour digital video, sound
ed. 1/3
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian
Artists, 2023
2023.757
© Reko Rennie