Music is a source of creative inspiration in interdisciplinary Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie’s practice, shaping the bold colour, rhythm and energy of his visual language. A relationship which emerged through his early involvement in graffiti culture, where hip‑hop music and urban culture were formative influences on his style and approach to artmaking.
Enjoy a playlist curated by Reko Rennie, made especially for NAIDOC Week Celebrations at NGV.
About the artist
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.
