CULTISH WAS FOUNDED IN CAPE TOWN IN 2020 BY RYAN BRUSSOW.
THE BRAND COMES FROM A LIFETIME SPENT AROUND CLOTHES, MUSIC, SKATEBOARDING, FOOTBALL, ART, DESIGN AND THE INTERNET.
FROM PUNK FLYERS AND RAP BOOTLEGS TO TERRACE GRAPHICS, OLD MAGAZINES, RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS, ZINES, RECORD SLEEVES, FORUMS AND FOUND IMAGERY, CULTISH PULLS FROM THE THINGS THAT SHAPE CULTURE, NOT JUST FASHION. REFERENCES ARE SAMPLED, REWORKED, MISUSED AND GIVEN NEW CONTEXT.
THE WORK MOVES BETWEEN CLOTHING, ART, GRAPHICS, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM, PRINT AND OBJECTS. BETWEEN GALLERY AND GUTTER, HIGH ART AND LOW CULTURE, THE CONSIDERED AND THE THROWN TOGETHER, WITHOUT MUCH INTEREST IN CHOOSING BETWEEN THEM.
CULTISH DESIGNS AND PRODUCES FROM CAPE TOWN, WITH MUCH OF THE CLOTHING CUT, SEWN, DYED, WASHED, PRINTED AND FINISHED LOCALLY. WHAT STARTED WITH T-SHIRTS AND SCREEN-PRINTED GRAPHICS HAS BECOME AN ONGOING CULTURAL PROJECT.
INDEPENDENT SINCE 2020.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
