Rocco Ritchie rejects the nepo child label regardless of being the son of pop icon Madonna and famend director Man Ritchie. The 24-year-old artist spoke to Implausible Man journal for its newest situation and shared his brutally sincere opinion on nepotism.
Rocco, who has held six exhibitions up to now, believes he has carved his personal profession, irrespective of getting well-known dad and mom. When he entered the artwork business, he saved his identification non-public through the use of the alias Rhed. He later deserted the pseudonym in 2022 and held an artwork exhibition in London the next yr.
“I at all times suppose it’s humorous that again within the day, a number of the most stunning cathedrals ever constructed have been constructed by era after era of the identical household,” he stated.
Nevertheless, he believes the identical can’t be stated for the nepo infants of this era. “They aren’t essentially the most fascinating bunch, are they?” he added. Rocco additionally rejected the label’s affiliation with him, claiming that he by no means felt “snug” mixing with elite crowds.
He most well-liked the corporate of skate boarders in London’s South Financial institution to these from privileged circles. He felt extra comfy hanging out with locals and recalled that point as a number of the greatest days of his life.
As for upper-class folks, he by no means discovered them fascinating. Rocco recalled dropping out of the celebrated London artwork college Central Saint Martins after a tutor criticized his work for being “too masculine.”
He revealed that the artwork instructor supposed to name the portray vulgar, which he disagreed with. “I used to be 18, doing shitty figurative work; my work wasn’t even developed sufficient for anybody to have opinions on it again then,” he added.
Nevertheless, he felt at house after transferring to the Royal Drawing College in Shoreditch and ultimately moved out of his household house. Madonna and Ritchie, who tied the knot in 2000 however break up after eight years of marriage, additionally share a son, David Banda, 19, who was adopted from an orphanage in Malawi in 2006.