STRAY KIDS

THE FRANCO-SERBIAN ARTIST DUO IDA TURSIC AND WILFRIED MILLE – BETTER KNOWN AS TURSIC & MILLE – ARE KNOWN FOR APPROPRIATING AND TRANSMUTING IMAGES PULLED FROM EVERY SOURCE POSSIBLE (OLD MASTERS ART, MOVIES, FASHION, THE INTERNET, YOU NAME IT) TO CREATE ENTIRELY NEW PAINTINGS. THEY’RE ALSO ONE OF THE FIVE NAMES ROPED INTO THE FIFTH AND LATE T EDITION OF LOUIS VUITTON’S ANNUAL ARTYCAPUCINES SERIES, WHICH SEES LEADING CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PUT THEIR SPIN ON THE LUXURY MAISON’S ARTISANALLY CRAFTED CAPUCINES HANDBAG. KENG YANG SHUEN GETS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MILLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR NO-HOLDS-BARRED, MORE-IS-MORE BRAND OF FUSING FASHION WITH ART.

- KENG YANG SHUEN

Franco-Serbian artist duo Ida Tursic (right) and Wilfried Mille are known for appropriating and transmuting images pulled from every possible source, from Old Masters art to fashion to movies, magazines, media and the Internet, disregarding their sources and traditional categorisation to dream up entirely new paintings from this mad jumble.

HELLO, WILFRIED! FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU AND IDA AS ARTISTS.

"Ida was born in Belgrade, and I was born in Boulognesur-Mer (located on the north coast of France). We often travel, and I think that is also one of the founding elements of our work: It is continually moving and refuses to stand still and is therefore opposed to any idea of style. Our interests are quite varied, but they could be summarised into two questions: ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’ and “Why bother?’”

WERE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OR PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT INFORMED YOUR DECISION TO PURSUE LIFE AS AN ARTIST OR INFLUENCED THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF WORK YOU MAKE?