Reko Rennie
Location
Wurundjeri/Boon Wurrung, Melbourne
Mediums
paint, aluminum, granite panels, Ironbark, pigment, steel, sand
Artist Info
Reko Rennie is an interdisciplinary artist who explores his Aboriginal identity through contemporary media.
Through his art, Rennie provokes discussion surrounding Indigenous culture and identity in contemporary urban environments.
Largely autobiographical, his commanding works combine the iconography of his Kamilaroi heritage with stylistic elements of graffiti. Merging traditional diamond-shaped designs, hand-drawn symbols and repetitive patterning to subvert romantic ideologies of Aboriginal identity.
- rekorennie.com
Spotlight
WHERE EELS LIE DOWN
2014
Medium
painted aluminum, granite panels, sequenced lighting
