Acne Studios Teams Up With L.A. Artist Ben Quinn
For spring 2021, Acne Studios is handing the reins to artist Ben Quinn.
The L.A.-based artist’s Pulsating Stars are featured as a print on several pieces, including a special-edition Musubi bag. Three bags were first hand-painted by Quinn with one-of-a-kind star motifs and then reproduced in very limited quantities.
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“Lately, I’ve been sort of obsessed with the pulsating star shape, like waking up and rubbing your eyes and being transported for a moment. What I hope people get out of my work is a sense of possibility in the idea that there is so much to experience here and now in human form. A reminder to live psychedelically, or maybe a weird dream,” Quinn explained of his work.
The handbags use three different star motifs — a tonal star with a rainbow-colored center; a mixture of tonal and rainbow-colored stars; and a fully rainbow-colored star — mainly on the white leather body of the bag, but there are also a few smaller stars on the strap.
The special-edition Ben Quinn Musubi bags retail for $1,200 and are available exclusively in select Acne Studios stores worldwide.
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