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Untitled #I (from 'ALWAYS' series) 2018

Artwork Untitled #I (from 'ALWAYS' series) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer and flash paint on cotton on cedar stretches, created in 2018-01-01
Accession No.
2019.145
Date Created
2018
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Indigenous Australian Art
Dimensions A
240 x 148cm (irreg.)
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer and flash paint on cotton on cedar stretches
Place Created
Melbourne, Vic.
Credit Line
Purchased 2019 with funds from Belinda and Darren Elderton through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Reko Rennie pairs inherited Kamilaroi iconographies with the visual languages of street art to examine issues of Indigenous visibility. In his ‘ALWAYS’ series, he pays homage to traditional shields and the diamond geometric forms found on dendroglyphs (carved trees) on Kamilaroi country, reimagining them in bold patterning. The shield forms and camouflage allude to combat and resistance, but the artist also includes camouflage as an aesthetic composition. In this, Rennie’s work is reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s 1980s rendering of the motif in bright and garish colours. Like Warhol, Rennie reverses camouflage’s original functions, commanding attention and visibility.

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A detail view of a collage work appearing as a kaleidoscopic circle of hand-cut photographs
LIVING PATTERNS

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Installation view of ‘Living Patterns’, featuring works by (l–r) Paul Bai, Timothy Cook, Tyza Hart and Jonny Niesche, Watermall, QAG, October 2023 / © The artists / Photograph: C Callistemon, QAGOMA

‘Living Patterns’

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024

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