July / August 2021
’All the Ronnies'
Art Guide Australia

Even if you have never met Ronnie van Hout, you know what he looks like, as his likeness appears in various guises across his work. A cast of different ‘Ronnies’ populate the artist’s videos, sculptures and installationsーappearing as the wizened face of inanimate objects (a banana, a sausage, a hammer), as well as the adult visage of child-like figures engaged in disconcertingly adult acts. While van Hout often draws upon childhood memories for his work, his troupe of deadpan Ronnie misfits are generally misshapen and poorly cast, undermining any sense of straightforward autobiography. Indeed, the more we see of van Hout’s work, the less we feel we ‘know’ him.

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