Simply put quintessential arts as an organization knows what made it come to fruition and that’s hip-hop, a genre that established itself as a one of one in the late 80’s and is now arguably a culture bigger than any cult or religion in the face of the earth. So, in everything, from curation to the layout and proposition it’s all hip-hop. The cover for this compilation makes it clear with the coordinates pointed to the Bronx, New York; where it all started - for references “Mc Shan & Marley Marl - The Bridge” / “Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over”. When the champagne instrumentals were first released Quintessential Arts was not yet digested by as many people as it is now, it’s only right that a reissue is made with a new look.
ABOUT US
Quintessential Arts is an artistic organization that takes art to a broader spectrum, the name acts as something the organization stands for - the fifth essence, quintessential arts epitomizes what art is by recreating, reinventing, reiterating, and reinterpreting creations from previous centuries thereafter creating clothes which encode the ideas then decoding the ideas through the sonic.
Just like there is no religion without science and there isn't science without religion, as an organization working on several projects at one go quintessential arts is aware that without the sonic there are no garments and without the garments there is no sonic, lockscreens and other endeavors which set it apart from a typical artistic organization.
For quintessential arts the goal is to challenge the natural order of things, be the voice of reason and make those that don't identify with the status quo identify with it.
Many would assume there isn’t anything particularly astounding about the origins of the word ‘quintessential’ at a glance it is quite French and can be broken down into essential and then presumably essence. But what about the quint part? Think quintet or quintuplets. Quintessence literally means the ‘fifth essence’. Going back through medieval French to Latin, as quinta essential. It was used in classical and medieval philosophy to refer to: a fifth substance in addition to the four elements, thought to compose the heavenly bodies and to be latent in all things.
At heart quintessential arts is an organization that draws its inspiration from 90’s hip-hop culture and mythology.
QUINTESSENTIAL ARTS ׀ ALL HEAVENS RESERVED, 2024.
Quintessential Arts is an artistic organization that takes art to a broader spectrum, founded August 8th, 2020 in Johannesburg South, South Africa.