Who is Julie Rrap but one of Australia’s most provocative, boundary-pushing, and interdisciplinary artists? Born in 1950 in the humble town of Lismore, NSW, Rrap has had a decorated and multifaceted career. Working through performance, photography, video, installation, painting, and sculpture, Rrap is primarily concerned with the body 🤸‍♀️.

With an often macabre sense of humour 💀, Rrap challenges societal stereotypes of the female form and interrogates our understanding of the body - life, death, beauty, decay, symbolism and representation cohere in Rrap's work in a truly unique way.

"I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY SEQUENCES, OR STATES, THAT THIS WORK HAS INSIDE OF IT BUT I KNOW THERE’S QUITE A FEW. EACH STATE LOOKS THROUGH SOME DIAGNOSTIC-LIKE LENS, INTERROGATING ARRANGEMENTS OF LIFE AND DEATH, DECAY AND BEAUTY, BIOLOGICAL AND ARTIFICIAL. BLOOD AND URINE BECOME ICE CUBES, MELTING UNDER STUDIO LIGHTING. BLOOD SEEPS THROUGH A COTTON SHIRT, SLOWLY DYING THE SHIRT A BLACKISH RED. I LIKE HOW LAYERS OF THE BODY ARE EXTRAPOLATED, FAMILIAR LIGAMENTS AND BONES, BODILY EXCREMENT - TOUCH ON THIS IDEA OF THE EMBODIED ARCHIVE. SEEING MANY OF THESE WORKS DISPLAYED NEXT TO EACH OTHER, IS LIKE SEEING A BODY AND ALL IT CONTAINS SPREAD OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. THE WAY RRAP USES FILM AND STOP-MOTION TO SHOW US TIME, BARE AND DISGUSTING, IS SO INSPIRATIONAL TO ME." — D. LOBB.