This time, Plunkett and Sales go about reinterpreting the works of Australian artist Stephen Bush, delivering his eclectically sublime landscapes in their striking digital prints. The tie-in between the two creatives makes sense considering their mutual love for graphic collages of colour that border on the lurid, as does the introduction of a second inspiration for the collection: Willy Wonka.
RWB favourite Ollie Henderson fronts the collection, hinting at what might happen if you grabbed the most attractive Oompa Loompa of the bunch, put it through the Chocolate Factory’s gum-stretching machine and sent it to a paint party in the 1960s. Kimono jackets and would-be basics drip with atypical subject matter (Bush was particularly drawn to beekeepers and alpine scenes), while silky shirts and mod-ish dresses are covered in lollipop swirls and candy stripes. Swelling vinyls and space-age metallics mark the hallucinatory peak.
