Johny Dar is London-bound, heading to the UK capital with his largest retrospective art exhibit to date, which will be showcased at Blacks in Soho during London Fashion Week. The exhibition will be launched with a dynamic multimedia event, where guests will gather among an extensive array of paintings and fashion displayed on mannequins and live models. Artist and designer Johny Dar has lit up the catwalks of Berlin and New York Fashion Weeks with his innovative creations, from body painted ballerinas to celebrity-donated, hand-painted Jeans For Refugees, but art remains the heart of his work and the seed of inspiration for his other work. Previous projects have seen Dar collaborate with a wide range of celebrities including Emma Watson, Jessie J, Pedro Almovodar, Florence Welch, Sir Elton John, Carla Bruni, Bryan Adams, Julio Iglesias, Tom Waits, Dannii Minogue, Harry Styles, Marianne Faithful, Victoria Beckham, Melanie C and Sam Smith, and his work has been featured in publications including Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, Le Monde, Die Zeit, New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Fault, Hunger, Kaltblut, Aesthetica, Tatler, and Flair, among others.
Works on display at Johny Dar’s exciting retrospective exhibition at Blacks will include the ‘Deep Down / Far Beyond’ and ‘War of Life’ paintings, body art photography, the MAGIC collection, and the captivating Goddesses of DAR the BOOK. But the art will not be limited to what can be hung on the walls – VIPs, fashionistas and art aficionados will also be treated to an array of musical talent presented by DAR the MUSIC, as well as an exclusive preview from Dar’s debut album ‘Dardelica’, which features his newest form of innovation – electronic music fused with extraterrestrial vocals, designed to inspire new realms of movement and experience. With Jaegermeister crafted cocktails and unexpected creative surprises lined up to enhance the experience, ‘Where the Future Starts’ stands apart as an unusual and unmissable fashion week event.
While his prolific work is rich in meaning and message, Dar himself cuts a mysterious figure, and is increasingly renowned for not appearing at his own art launches – he skipped the opening of his celebrity endorsed Jeans For Refugees exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery because he was helping evacuate refugees from a camp in Calais. Like Banksy, he is an artist difficult to pin down, and careful not to mass reproduce most of his artworks, preferring to offer limited edition collections such as his new Goddesses of DAR the BOOKseries – making them all the more desirable and valuable. One thing is apparent – Johny Dar’s groundbreaking creativity is at the vanguard of artistic innovation today, and is increasingly recognised as a budding new renaissance within the entertainment industry. Having invented his own form of time, Dar-time, with 32 hours in a day, Johny Dar can afford to work in many industries simultaneously and integrate innovative philanthropic projects in the mix. Upcoming releases include his first novel Darya (a trilogy movie in the making) and a new body art and photography project that tells the stories of homeless people in Los Angeles, who Dar paints and photographs himself. His upcoming exposition at Blacks promises to be a journey into the inner and outer realms that offers a fresh insight into the world of Johny Dar, and an inspirational artistic experience that reaches as deep and far as the imagination can take you .
LAUNCH EVENT: 17th September 2018 8.30PM – 1AM
ADDRESS: BLACKS CLUB, SOHO 67 Dean Street, London W1D 4QH
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