Exhibition

Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech

ICA Institut For Contemporary Art , Boston, United States
04 Jul 2020 - 18 Oct 2020

Off-White™ c/o Virgil Abloh, Spring/Summer 2018, Look 11 and Autumn/Winter 2014, Summer/Spring 2014; courtesy of Off-White™ c/o Virgil Abloh. Photos by Fabien Montique and Enrico Ranzato.

Off-White™ c/o Virgil Abloh, Spring/Summer 2018, Look 11 and Autumn/Winter 2014, Summer/Spring 2014; courtesy of Off-White™ c/o Virgil Abloh. Photos by Fabien Montique and Enrico Ranzato.

Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” is the first museum exhibition devoted to the work of the genre-bending artist and designer Virgil Abloh (b. 1980, Rockford, IL). Abloh pioneers a practice that cuts across media and connects visual artists, musicians, graphic designers, fashion designers, and architects.

Abloh cultivated an interest in design and music at an early age, finding inspiration in the urban culture of Chicago. While pursuing a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, he worked on album covers, concert designs, and merchandising. In 2013, Abloh founded his stand-alone fashion brand Off-White™ in Milan, Italy, and, in 2018, assumed the position of artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear.

Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and set in an immersive space designed by Rem Koolhaas’s renowned architecture firm OMA*AMO, the exhibition will offer an in-depth look at defining highlights of Abloh’s career, including signature clothing collections, video documentation of iconic fashion shows, distinctive furniture and graphic design work, and collaborative projects with contemporary artists. A program of cross-disciplinary offerings will mirror the artist’s range of interests across music and design.

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