Singapore pop artist Jahan Loh turns spacemen art into clothes

The creative known for his astronaut motifs is collaborating with New York fashion label Billionaire Boys Club to produce 3D-printed slippers, T-shirts, pants and coat jackets

- Clement Yong Correspondent

Jahan Loh's work Genesis: Billionaire Boys Club, which inspired the collection. Artist Jahan Loh (centre) with (from left) founder of Artceo Jonathan Toh and co-founder of ACU Michael Chuang, and Loh's two spacemen sculptures at Le Freeport. PHOTOS: THE RIGHT SPIN T-shirts featuring Loh's works (left) go for US$75 (S$96.50).

(THE RIGHT SPIN)

Singapore pop artist Jahan Loh has been commissioned by Billionaire Boys Club to translate his iconic spacemen into apparel blending East and West, in an international project.

The New York fashion label was co-founded by American singer-designer Pharrell Williams and Japanese fashion designer and DJ Nigo in 2003, regularly initiating cross-cultural collaborations for its luxury streetwear sweatshirts and sneakers.

For the next two weeks, a small “capsule” exhibition tracing the evolution of Loh’s work — paintings of spacemen which developed into sculptures and then finally 3D-printed slippers, waterproof coat jackets and T-shirts — will be on show at Le Freeport Singapore.

The exclusive high-security storage and boutique showroom facility in Changi North where expensive art and precious metals are held and traded tax free means entry to the exhibition is by-invite-only for an “if you know, you know” preview.

Loh’s spacemen motif is a continuation of his vision of spaceships becoming as commonplace as planes in the next half-century, and is one which he also iterated in an eye-catching 3m-by-3m AI video at Marina Bay Sands mega fair Art SG in January.