In conversation with artist duo Philip and Chalotte Colbert
Philip and Charlotte Colbert in their fried-egg suits designed by Philip
In a warehouse in east London, Philip and Charlotte Colbert are creating a world of Pop art and sculpture that is putting them on the global map. Darius Sanai speaks to the dynamic enfants terribles of the London art scene while Maryam Eisler photographs them
At the back of a warehouse in east London, Philip Colbert sticks his head out of a doorway. ?Come in,? he says, smiling, while simultaneously holding a conversation with his phone on one ear. ?No, it needs to be there tonight. Right,? he says, into the phone. His tone is soft, firm, a gentle Scottish accent is present but inconspicuous, almost shy.
Inside, workers are cutting and daubing in an area full of canvasses and paint, and behind a rail of pop-coloured clothes, four more people are on their phones, sitting at desks. Through a space in the wall is another artist?s studio, this one tidier, less colourful, more precise, hung with sculptures of curved forms and creatures. Follow LUX on Instagram: the.official.lux.magazine
Welcome to the world of Philip and Charlotte (through in the other studio) Colbert, the enfants terribles of the London art scene. Philip has been called all sorts of things, including a worthy successor to Andy Warhol; in his zany coloured suits he is a mainstay of the party (and social media) scene and with his classical education (philosophy, St Andrew?s University) combined with his cheeky-to-outrageous art he is one of t...
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