Field Trip: “Figures of Speech” at the MCA

July 3, 2019 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - 220 E. Chicago Ave.

Join us on a “Field Trip” outside our walls to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) where we’ll walk through special exhibition, Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech,” with the MCA’s Artist Guide.

We’ll meet at the Box Office on the first floor. Your entry to the museum is on us!

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Field Trip Series
As a cultural hub, our hotel is a reflection of the inspiring communities we collaborate with, and through the Field Trip series we invite you to connect with those places and faces first-hand. Join us as we journey off-property — to Chicago’s theaters, museums, markets, and more — for local experiences led by hotel partners.

Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech,” the first museum exhibition devoted to the work of the genre-bending artist and designer Virgil Abloh (American, b. 1980). 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 connected with Kanye West and joined West’s creative team to work 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 Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton.

Set in an immersive space designed by Samir Bantal, the Director of AMO, the research studio of Rem Koolhaas’s renowned architectural firm OMA, the MCA exhibition will offer an in-depth look at defining highlights of Abloh’s career including a program of cross-disciplinary offerings that will mirror the artist’s range of interests across music, fashion, architecture, and design.

The exhibition is organized by Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator, with curatorial assistance from Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow. It is presented in the Griffin Galleries of Art on the museum’s fourth floor.