WAH-WAH AUSTRALIA x RAMESH MARIO NITHIYENDRAN

WAH-WAH AUSTRALIA is excited to announce their first knitwear collaboration with leading Sri-Lankan born, Australian artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran! 

 “The chaotic, vibrant energy of Ramesh’s art vibrates on a similar wavelength to WAH-WAH’s aesthetic, so it seemed inevitable that we were drawn to each other's work for this collaboration. From a technical standpoint, designing for knitwear can be limiting, but those limitations forced me to rethink how to construct a standard sweater to reflect Ramesh’s work” - Kaylene of WAH-WAH

The sweater features inverted seams which are placed at the front and back. This feel of opposing designs grafted together mimics the multi-sided figures that feature in Ramesh’s paintings and sculptures. The totemic heads stacked along the limbs of the sweater and trackpants are based on Ramesh’s sculptures, but reinterpreted with WAH-WAH’s graphic style.

“Polychromatic colour schemes are central to my work and research. I see this collaboration in the form of knitwear as an extension and reflection of my art practice. It’s a nod to thinking beyond binaries, valuing difference and stitching new ways of being together”.

-Ramesh