Art and fashion, both inherently predicated on aesthetics, share a fascination for the spectacular and sensorial interplay of rich colors, textures, and materials: These overlapping creative sparks are precisely what prompted KACE, a two individual collective, to enter into an intersubjective exchange where each partner could bring his own aesthetic strength to the table. In their union, KACE bridge the gap between art and fashion, and ultimately transcend that gap. They thrust the viewer into a novel experience that defies simple definition. The Jardin de Nuit paintings are a testament to this fated meeting of minds. They feature flowers of various sizes, composed entirely of sequins meticulously sewn to a silkscreen backing—a skill that requires hundreds of hours. In turn, these flowers appear to spring forth from thick swashes of vibrant hues that accrete into diverse bands of pigments—some matte, some glistening, as the pigments are poured through one side of the silkscreen canvas and slowly drip to the other.Yes—a truly unheard of technique is the fruit of this fascinating duo and one almost has to see it to believe it. In 1950, Hans Namuth famously filmed Jackson Pollock while painting. His iconic stills of Pollock have permeated the collective consciousness and immediately come to mind anytime one encounters this “drip technique” he pioneered. At one point, Namuth ingeniously positioned himself below a piece of glass that Pollock was painting on. Looking up, he captured a moment that phenomenologically speaks to the act of the painting itself, while it anticipates the process evolved by KACE: the paint, liquid, following the pull of its lyrical gravity, in drubs and drabs, forms droplets, filaments, lines, and blobs. Once gravity did its job, KACE (unlike Pollock who stopped there), intervene actively, and with squeegees, brushes and other tools, help the paint go through one more level to transpire down through the silkscreen membrane and form various accretions of paint on the other side—which will become the final work.​Simply imagine Jackson Pollock painting from the back of his canvases, to see what happens as the paint seeps through his porous canvas. Better yet: imagine a collaboration between Pollock and Andy Warhol, where Warhol provides vast silkscreens, and then the two, like seasoned chefs, go at it from each side of the surface, to see what happens. This unique pictorial accord, this remarkable dual technical prowess, developed by KACE, is nothing short of spectacular. SELECT EXHIBITIONSThe Tampa Museum of ArtSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NYThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYCoral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONSBorusan Contemporary, IstanbulCoral Springs Museum of ArtFlint Institute of ArtsFredrick R. Weisman Art FoundationGeorgia Museum of ArtNew Orleans Museum of Art