SEX, DRUGS, & TURKISH RUGZ
03Jun08
Jørgen “Evil” Ekvoll and Can Sayinli hail from Norway and Turkey respectively. When the pair met at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, they decided to collaborate on a kickass project: weaving “Western pop-culture symbolism” into traditional Eastern Turkish rugs.
Here are “Drug Rug” and “Rock n Roll Rug” (click thumbs for full-size images):
The duo’s celebrated “War Rug” (below, with details) reportedly sold at Art Basel Miami for $60,000 USD! Whoa…
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