Inside virgilabloh's first museum exhibit
,” is now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Abloh rose through the ranks as part of Kanye West’s creative agency team, working on album covers and merchandising. The splash he made in 2013 launching his own Milan-based label, Off-White, eventually became a turning of the tide when he was appointed Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton in 2018.
Installation view, Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”, MCA Chicago June 10 – September 22, 2019 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA ChicagoWhen you do a first exhibition, you know there will be other exhibitions in the future, so you want to lay the groundwork for later. You can't do everything or take on every possible topic. I would love to see someone do a comprehensive, exhaustive look at Off-White, from start to finish, someday.
Installation view, Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”, MCA Chicago June 10 – September 22, 2019 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA ChicagoIt was funny that, in the catalogue, Virgil said that when he was young: “I was going into the luxury stores because to me they were like museums… The museum is one block away, ironically. But we would go to the luxury store, not the museum.”
We didn't choose to break that out as a subset unto itself. That might be theme for another exhibition, really! One of his most recent collections had to do with Impressionism, and another was really inspired by Lucio Fontana. Art is a pretty constant reference in his work. Installation view, Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”, MCA Chicago June 10 – September 22, 2019 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA ChicagoFor our exhibition, we’re selling memorabilia that he's designing at an everyday price point, rather than an Off-White or Louis Vuitton price point.
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