The youngest Turner Prize nominee to date, artist Rene Matić’s work spans photography, film and sculpture, often weaving through themes of identity, nationality and belonging, as well as feminism and queerness. The artist has just been awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for their project As Opposed to The Truth – a powerful, layered portrait of London life, exploring how bodies and identities are shaped by the contemporary political landscape. But that’s not all! Rene has recently unveiled their new sculpture Heard in The Music Is Black, London’s V&A East’s debut exhibition.
Here, Rene chats to us about Jacqueline Springer’s curation of the new show and why they would recommend paying the galleries inaugural exhibition a visit before we dive into some of their current picks – from top reads to love stories through a Black lesbian lens and home-cooked Caribbean eats.