RICHARD DE JAGER AND THE WARHOL WORMHOLE

The mind of Richard de Jager is a busy place, housing a spectacular array of disparate concepts, all somehow harmoniously connected through a feat of creative engineering.

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Five minutes of conversation yielded enough information for at least a two page article which, for the sake of the present format, will have to be reduced to a few meaningful phrases and hopefully well chosen words.

Ask him about his inspiration and sources as diverse as ‘the hideousness of domestic craft culture’, ‘Marty MacFly’s auto lace-up Nikes in Back to the Future II’ and ‘the social strata and associated streetwear of the industrial revolution’ are cited.

Ask him about his upcoming projects and it all gets a decidedly Warhol-like glow as there is hardly a creative field where Richard de Jager is not willing (and apparently able) to venture: television, film and stage all get a mention, as does evocative images such as ‘Rys, Vleis en Aartappels’, the Karoo and ‘Virgin Suicides’. First up, at the end of the month, is a collaboration with his old school friend and owner of Mungo & Jemima, entitled ‘The Sun Always Shines on TV’, which will involve not only a choir performance, but also a musical performance by the man himself!

My guess would be that we’re talking more than 15 minutes of fame here…

See some of his work on our flickr gallery or for more on his pwhoa label, click here



Posted on May 19th, 2008 in FASHION by Rosalie

ABOUT TONIGHT

It’s the day of the launch and everything’s running unnervingly smoothly. Shopfitting’s done, artists confirmed and the drinks are on ice.

Gallery on 4th

Even the list of collaborators for this evening reads like a who’s who in SA’s new school of cool:

DJs Soosh, C-live, Georgeous The Beatbox and the gorgeous DJ Zinhle as well as ultra-hip Sweat X will making the music and setting the mood. Richard de Jager, Lisa Jaffe, Petro Steyn, Sibu, Katherine Mortner and Luke Radloff are our fabulous fashion people. And the art and photos of Stefan Naudé, Marcii Goose, Coenie Sutton, Joh Del, Love and Hate Studio, Kronk, Liam Lynch, Warren van Rensburg, Chris Saunders, Ross Garrett, Sabelo Mhlangeni and Xandre Kriel are guaranteed to stir up thoughts a and feelings even the most passive observer.

Yip. There’s not a glitch in sight and I don’t like it. A bit of power-shedding would be very comforting right about now; better the devil you know and all that. But as we’ve got a generator on standby even that won’t be too much of a mission.



Posted on April 22nd, 2008 in ART, DESIGN, FASHION, MUSIC by Rosalie