The Thousands

We all know that fashion and art have a long history of sordid love affairs, which makes for both interesting art and interesting fashion. Living in a globalised world, huh.

Ksubi have collaborated with artists from the very beginning. Their first collection was launched installation style in an abandoned tube station almost ten years ago and they’ve frequently collaborated with DJs, musicians, photographers and other arty types. One of their projects included an Amelie-esque relocating of a sculpture (a hand doing the peace sign with it’s fingers chopped off) and taking it’s photo.

It may be strange and slightly self-deprecatory to choose Robin Hungerford as the first artist in the IMA‘s new satellite space in Ksubi’s first Queensland store, the Kontemporary or Modern Art (or KoMA for those who hate speaking), but self deprecation always makes the best comedy.

Robin Hungerford makes videos which explore a sordid hilarity, stabbing his own papier-mâchéd head, this visual joke sits nicely alongside Ksubi’s latest collection, Lucifer In The Sky With Diamonds. This one’s for the good timers who love a good chortle.