The Only Rich Kid I Don’t Hate

Controversial graphic artist and fashion purveyor Ju$t Another Rich Kid teams up with Britain’s most in-demand young artist, Stuart Semple, to co-curate The Black Market, an installation of art, fashion and design at Anna Kustera.

The gallery will be transformed into a pop-up shop, separated into a clean, upbeat sales floor with a tawdry, “anything-goes” back “stock” room. In addition to Ju$t Another Rich Kid and Semple, participating artists will include: renegade designer Mattia Biagi; digital artist Carlo Zanni; artist/designer Cory Ingram; UK artist Craig Wilson; and video artist Adham Faramawy.

Ju$t Another Rich Kid’s and Stuart Semple’s The Black Market evokes the desire of illicit consumerism with the intention of highlighting the comodification of artists and designers. The show is meant to underscore the disparity between the utopian ideal of “designed” perfection and the realities of everyday existence. New York-based artist and designer Ken Courtney is the founder of the independent fashion label Ju$t Another Rich Kid.

HIP FACTOR: Earlier this year, after debuting his gold coffee-stirrer/coke-spoon object based on the design of 1970s fast food cutlery, Ju$t Another Rich Kid was slapped with a “cease and desist” injunction by the McDonalds Corporation. Apparently, every piece in the exhibition is sold out with pieces starting at 25k, meaning Ju$t Another Rich Kid will remain just that.

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