Virgil Abloh Called Out for Copying

Louis Vuitton's Virgil Abloh called out for using another artist's work to promote his latest art exhibit...

Literal fashion police blog Diet Prada busts Kanye West's former collaborator Virgil Abloh for blatantly copying Italian artist Lucio Fontana for his latest art exhibition in Montreal.

If you thought Virgil the fashion designer was bad, just wait for Virgil the fine artist.  His latest promo for his new art exhibition at @ssensemontreal is uncomfortably similar to Lucio Fontana's 1967 work "Attese", from the Concetto Spaziale series.  Virgil hasn't been shy about his fondness for the Italian artist, going so far as to name check the series in his FW16 collection inspo to Vogue.com (swipe to peep the moodboard). It could be a case of an intern “graphic design” project gone wrong, but even so, you gotta admit that using someone else's art to advertise your own is a more than a bit weird lol.  Let’s hope this is not a hint at Virgil's artworks to come. • #luciofontana #italianart #artist #virgilabloh #offwhite #louisvuitton #modernism #spatialism #ssense #hypebeast #hypebae #highsnobiety #art #sculpture #streetsyle #streetwear #wiwt #ootd #graphicdesign #adobeillustrator #imagetrace #dietprada

A post shared by Diet Prada ™ (@diet_prada) on Jun 26, 2018 at 6:11am PDT