The Exhibition

Over the last two decades, Geelong-born artist Rone has built an exceptional reputation for large-scale wall paintings and immersive installations that explore concepts of beauty and decay.

RONE in Geelong includes the artist’s latest site-specific installation in which he transforms one of our largest galleries in response to the architecture and history of the building, and the Gallery’s collection.

This first comprehensive survey of Rone’s career to date charts the artist’s practice from early stencil works to photographs documenting major installations that have transformed abandoned spaces. And in a work that transports visitors back in time, Rone recreates a room from his Omega Project (2017).

Oppositions, dichotomies, portraiture, time and memory are concepts that underpin Rone’s art, and that flow through RONE in Geelong.