Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Virgil Abloh

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
  • The High is excited to present a conversation with Virgil Abloh, a visionary artist and multidisciplinary talent in fashion, music, architecture, and design, whose work is on view in Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech.” Abloh and Kevin W. Tucker, the High’s Chief Curator, will sit down to discuss what makes tourists and purists excited about this career retrospective. Recorded March 1, 2020.
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Komentáře • 186

  • @rickyfametv954
    @rickyfametv954 Před 2 lety +226

    Virgil inspired me and I appreciate everything he had to contribute to fashion, black culture, and the world! His legacy will live on forever!

    • @LyteFlex
      @LyteFlex Před rokem +1

      FAX!!

    • @troyflatland5299
      @troyflatland5299 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Let’s just say culture. If we keep separating everything by race we’ll never grow as the one human race that we all are

  • @makergary7546
    @makergary7546 Před 2 lety +45

    Crazy to think that he was battling cancer during this time... RIP LEGEND

  • @shesaidsomething1
    @shesaidsomething1 Před 2 lety +20

    "Creativity in the childlike sense." We have an enormous body of work left for us all. Thank you Virgil. Rest in peace.

  • @VividFilmProductions
    @VividFilmProductions Před 2 lety +39

    His “chasing the dreams of your boyhood” philosophy is inspirational. It is exactly how I feel about my art. I never want to let go of my boyish curiosity for life and art.

  • @jaybrown7434
    @jaybrown7434 Před 2 lety +94

    This video will forever exist. It is a clear perspective of Virgil Abloh’s thought process…it’s complex yet simple. To be able to articulate to this magnitude is an example of his creativity and genius. He stood at the intersection of culture, art, streetwear and high fashion. He will be missed.

  • @kobeejames8675
    @kobeejames8675 Před 3 lety +32

    virgil abloh is 1 of those dudes u hate from afar cuz all the corny ppl where his stuff. but u grow to like him when u actually sit down and get to know him

  • @FinancialExcellence
    @FinancialExcellence Před 4 lety +73

    One of the best decisions I made this year was going to this. So much information and inspiration from this experience.

  • @renieryjimenez3955
    @renieryjimenez3955 Před 22 dny

    Virgil Abloh is a great inspiration. I am a marketer, and I still get inspired by his talks about art, fashion and overall what moves people.

  • @swordfishgameboy4644
    @swordfishgameboy4644 Před 2 lety +17

    wow RIP man, huge inspiration to the youth

  • @santiagosoria6271
    @santiagosoria6271 Před 2 lety +6

    how cool is that every time he speaks new ideas are coming to my head, for a painting for a picture for a performance for a tshirt, this guy is the modern Virgil Abloh to our generation, he makes me want to just be me and no one else. You’ll never die V.

  • @imfromcolorado
    @imfromcolorado Před 4 lety +64

    Too many people are quick to judge because they heard someone say something bad about Virgil and not enough people put in the time to learn about his creative process and how articulate and thoughtful his work really is! 👑™️

    • @adityarifqi5286
      @adityarifqi5286 Před 4 lety +1

      it's alway invite pro and contra, fans and hatter. but no matter people judge him with loud sound. they are not get anything. why off white so popular? because many people get his art and his creative. On instagram they have 10M follower. virgil of course success, off white sucess. no underatted or overrated, the fact always speak the truth. i'm fans of virgil abloh. he genius.

    • @CUSSCUSS
      @CUSSCUSS Před 4 lety +2

      Bruh he puts big letter on shit and puts quotes around them what do u mean articulate and thoughtful work 😂😂

  • @3VLN
    @3VLN Před 2 lety +5

    This breaks my heart, In times when creativity beauty and freedom are so needed, a soul that leads the way in such endeavors is taken away from us. RIP V :(

  • @kapothegod
    @kapothegod Před 2 lety +44

    You will always be loved and remembered for sharing your own visions and creativity with the world while inspiring so many others to do the same. Thank you Virgil, rest in peace.🖤

  • @maxthors4183
    @maxthors4183 Před rokem +3

    45:31 "I'll be here for a second" .... Hit too hard.

  • @johan5512
    @johan5512 Před 2 lety +8

    What an amazing person, can you imagine sitting here speaking such deep convresation knowing you are about to die.
    I love you Virgil, you will be missed and your spirit will live thru, you have motivated and inspired so many people in such a short time.
    One love

  • @VeganRashad
    @VeganRashad Před 2 lety +7

    Listening to this while working. I’m grateful for his existing.

  • @Bloodyace1
    @Bloodyace1 Před 2 lety +6

    Man rip Virgil bro💔

  • @calebweintraub1
    @calebweintraub1 Před 2 lety +9

    Grateful to have this interview posted here to continually revisit. If art is synthesis, Virgil Abloh was the quintessential artist.

  • @dustyrozedaoracle
    @dustyrozedaoracle Před rokem +1

    GOD willing, may you rest in Eternal Peace in paradise Virgil!!! #LV
    🕊 🕊 🕊

  • @j.4.5.0.n
    @j.4.5.0.n Před 2 lety +2

    Gonna miss you Virgil. Everyone will ❤️

  • @officespace8583
    @officespace8583 Před 2 lety +1

    He da man. A renaissance guy for our times!

  • @Jonnysclusive
    @Jonnysclusive Před 2 lety +10

    RIP, an inspiration and a genius🕊

  • @deontaemurphy4475
    @deontaemurphy4475 Před 4 lety +6

    Going to replay this 2-3 times.

  • @calebcoleman6519
    @calebcoleman6519 Před 2 lety +7

    truly genius. one of few people who personified and manifested the message of "living in the and."when he goes into the idea of never having to decide its truly showing that everything is connected and only bound by the viewers perception. beautifully rare mind thank you for your work sir.

  • @AuntyM66
    @AuntyM66 Před 2 lety +2

    RIP Virgil you will be missed by us all.

  • @jonlevert
    @jonlevert Před 2 lety +2

    thank you, Virgil 🕊

  • @Agnesmontecinosmunoz
    @Agnesmontecinosmunoz Před rokem +2

    Virgil took HipHop & intertwined it in everything he touched

  • @mikhaelyellow8696
    @mikhaelyellow8696 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you Virgil Abloh!

  • @VISUALCONSTRUCT
    @VISUALCONSTRUCT Před 4 lety +15

    His view of the Tourist + the Purist translates to every part of this (post)post modernism era of culture. It's those who lean towards the purist are usually those quick to look past his praises and call it hype - and miss out on the positives they could take away.

  • @reginasmith6276
    @reginasmith6276 Před 2 lety +4

    This was a good discussion and very think out of box discussion... He thinks very analytical...

  • @lendalejohnson4866
    @lendalejohnson4866 Před 2 lety +2

    Virgil might be the greatest of all time

    • @lendalejohnson4866
      @lendalejohnson4866 Před rokem

      @TUbIuyola his message, dedication to putting on the youth, and the massive portfolio of work…yes I am very serious. Virgil alone shaped the entire fashion industry to what it is today. He broke down so many walls that go way beyond the physical clothes he made. I don’t even know why I’m replying to this though. If you know, you know. Not interested in debating, that’s just how I feel

  • @joshuamcastle
    @joshuamcastle Před 4 lety +6

    getting high at the high as usual, thanks for the talk virgil

  • @troncat2751
    @troncat2751 Před 4 lety +12

    Doesn't matter how crazy people thought he was in the beginning, his truth shined even brighter thru time

  • @KANUsAlpha
    @KANUsAlpha Před 4 lety +12

    Amazing talk, bravo

  • @tebogolucillelosaba7054
    @tebogolucillelosaba7054 Před 4 lety +6

    I thoroughly enjoyed this...🔥

  • @atmslotsjfreezevlogs5877
    @atmslotsjfreezevlogs5877 Před 2 lety +3

    I’m going to Continue his marathon ✊🏽I love fashion I love Louis Vuitton Creation

    • @TheWriter86
      @TheWriter86 Před rokem

      Go for it bro. Rooting for you 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

  • @Empress274
    @Empress274 Před 3 měsíci

    I started my clothing brand 3 years ago because of Virgil . Still going strong 💪🏽

  • @TravisRuskus
    @TravisRuskus Před 2 lety +2

    He will forever be missed ✨❤️‍🔥✨

  • @grafeity
    @grafeity Před 2 lety +1

    *GOT DAMN* _rest in power_

  • @cvmiami19
    @cvmiami19 Před 2 lety +1

    RIP MY HERO. FOREVER AN INSPIRATION

  • @Its_musty
    @Its_musty Před 2 lety +1

    Think I just unlocked 15 percent of my brain now

  • @iliveinarichgirlsdream
    @iliveinarichgirlsdream Před 4 lety +2

    Always a good time

  • @whiskerprince
    @whiskerprince Před 5 měsíci

    so much rewatch value

  • @saranrohde51
    @saranrohde51 Před 2 lety +1

    Btro rest in ☮️ beautiful Bro
    May god bless your children and wife 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @jrock5830
    @jrock5830 Před 2 lety +1

    I was just so goddamn sad, when I read of this man’s passing. I was introduced when I enjoyed the video on YT where Yeezy described his complex feeling around Virgil getting that LV job of his dreams. I spent A$400 on Hype or whatever, on a $20 white IKEA clock with “vanishing” stamped on it, from that Virgil collection. It beautifully encapsulates time is fleeting, every second counts, like the loss of this visionary man. I also collected a wallet (stamped cards/money etc), carefully like the valuable artefact it is. I will keep collecting a few, I think - within my means. He probably knew of his illness and it’s severity when he said how streetwear would die…. and repeating the word die, and being replaced by the next generation.

  • @epik8353
    @epik8353 Před 4 lety +22

    The “ART” iculation of this man....👍🏾

  • @enemy78
    @enemy78 Před 4 lety +2

    Wholesome.

  • @Music-tf1yn
    @Music-tf1yn Před 2 lety +1

    It's crazy because at this time he knew he had cancer! Such a wonderful man

  • @Midichi
    @Midichi Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoyed this.

  • @allenliu4106
    @allenliu4106 Před 4 lety

    Thank you

  • @joshuathermidor1134
    @joshuathermidor1134 Před 2 lety +1

    A Legend.

  • @AdmRu432
    @AdmRu432 Před 4 lety +81

    Ask him bout that Pop Smoke Cover

  • @sunnychoi2644
    @sunnychoi2644 Před 2 lety +1

    Rest in power King

  • @jojoojo8768
    @jojoojo8768 Před rokem +1

    Legend

  • @ur74iorr
    @ur74iorr Před 2 lety +2

    my hero and an inspiration to all

  • @TheShyAiko
    @TheShyAiko Před 2 lety +4

    RIP 🥺💕

  • @ifeoma_amaechi
    @ifeoma_amaechi Před 2 lety +1

    Exceptional RIP VA

  • @kjjohnson3899
    @kjjohnson3899 Před 4 lety +57

    Looks like virgol skates while talking 🗣🛹👁

    • @sadworldwide
      @sadworldwide Před 4 lety +3

      He has good form lol.

    • @kjjohnson3899
      @kjjohnson3899 Před 4 lety +2

      SADWORLDWIDE fr u see that I was like why is he shuffling his feet like that

    • @DatBoiMonde
      @DatBoiMonde Před 3 lety

      My thoughts exactly 😂

  • @viktorbezic
    @viktorbezic Před 2 lety +1

    Virgil Forever RIP

  • @tovmusic
    @tovmusic Před 2 lety +3

    You could hear his voice changing in this interview and I wonder if it was indicative of his sickness. I am really sorry he suffered while trying to work and give out creativity to the world. He was a man of intense intellect and curiosity. RIP Virgil.

  • @lvlstudios8476
    @lvlstudios8476 Před 4 lety +12

    Mannn. Wish I would’ve made it

  • @opmvision9492
    @opmvision9492 Před 3 lety

    Peace & Blessings

  • @KnozD
    @KnozD Před 4 lety +5

    What is the interconectiveness between you and your friends that you guys feel on a regular day about the existing world and how you can formulate that into your project to the point that the presiding generation doesn't even realise how off-base it can be.

  • @johnlouiesoldevilla9453
    @johnlouiesoldevilla9453 Před 2 lety +1

    "working when no one's watching".-REVAMP

  • @Its_MLLOS
    @Its_MLLOS Před 2 lety

    Great video

  • @sammerrigan8700
    @sammerrigan8700 Před 4 lety +19

    He is a really great speaker. Very intellectual and has a lot of depth and knowledge on art, fashion and music history. Only thing he lost me on was comparing Playboi Carti to Miles Davis.

    • @workingclasscannabis6087
      @workingclasscannabis6087 Před 2 lety +1

      There is something very freeform about Cartis style and in a way I can see the correlation

    • @gloriacook7795
      @gloriacook7795 Před 2 lety

      Same here Miles was in a box by himself .

    • @TheWriter86
      @TheWriter86 Před rokem

      Yeah, I agree. I was thrown off when he said that. Now I have to look into Playboi Carti and see if I feel the same thing. Such a huge compliment to Playboi. Virgil is a man in his own league that will continue to inspire.

  • @rogerianascimento3790
    @rogerianascimento3790 Před 2 lety

    R.I.P...🙌🙏💞

  • @pleitepleite7868
    @pleitepleite7868 Před 2 lety +2

    Legend of his craft 🕊

  • @namelater4849
    @namelater4849 Před 2 lety

    last answer 💎

  • @jesse35brown
    @jesse35brown Před rokem

    He just a rebel in his own way he mad his on way like he did it his way 😉

  • @kaikai3v
    @kaikai3v Před 4 lety +8

    Watching V feet move around the whole time

    • @kjjohnson3899
      @kjjohnson3899 Před 4 lety

      And looking at his chrome heart 🤍 Jeans 👖 wishing I could have

  • @moniquecobb9051
    @moniquecobb9051 Před 2 lety +1

    RIP!!!! Gone too soon.... 💔

  • @trinitodbone
    @trinitodbone Před 2 lety +1

    VIRGIL IS THE GOAT

  • @jhamar
    @jhamar Před 9 měsíci

    We have to keep an eye out for my man at 1:12:11 . . . That is some high-level manifesting right there!

  • @DILLITAUNT
    @DILLITAUNT Před 8 měsíci

    Dillitaunt here for the insight

  • @keith9033
    @keith9033 Před 3 lety +4

    His voice sounds a lot like David Blaine

  • @remmirgofficial
    @remmirgofficial Před 4 lety +1

    "SO FUCKING GOOD"

  • @jesse35brown
    @jesse35brown Před rokem +1

    This dude deep like the ocean if you you make clothes you have to set down and listen to off white you have to👑👑👑👑👑👑

  • @mitchellanderson3068
    @mitchellanderson3068 Před 2 lety

    RIP Virgil

  • @jesse35brown
    @jesse35brown Před rokem

    Dope

  • @funkymonk5344
    @funkymonk5344 Před 2 lety

    Why the camera is so far away? It doesn’t make sense

  • @albertgrigoryan7244
    @albertgrigoryan7244 Před 2 lety +3

    Interesting thing about Virgil is that he always thought that street fashion was absent and he brought it into fashion and culture… actually street fashion came into fashion when the rock and punk movements rock the social life in UK and US and lot of designer like Vivienne Westwood became leaders to connect street with La Mode . Punk fashion was street fashion …it was so cool that designers put it on runway. Same happens with rap and hip hop…simply now they are in the high fashion houses such as LV (traditional conservative bourgeoisie )…After this celebrity issue …he thought that Disco was cool for its time and that s it when time is out …Goodbye disco no longer artistic…. but someone should give lifetime artistic credits to Jay Z because he is Artist and what he si doing will stay forever? Everything passes ...everything !!! In my opinion he is hard and heavy for conversations but cool and creative as designer!

  • @Adam-cg8wt
    @Adam-cg8wt Před 2 lety +1

    Rip 🐐

  • @josephwelch2696
    @josephwelch2696 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow

  • @brycejones1212
    @brycejones1212 Před 4 lety +9

    “You can put wine in a water bottle...but what does that mean?”

    • @DJMARINKOx
      @DJMARINKOx Před 4 lety +5

      you gonna get tipsy

    • @lucamarcantonio
      @lucamarcantonio Před 4 lety +3

      That‘s one of the key statements in this keynote for sure. Just mindblowing imo

    • @kjjohnson3899
      @kjjohnson3899 Před 4 lety

      Nobody would even get that if u showed them that in person

    • @youtuber19435
      @youtuber19435 Před 2 lety +2

      That’s exactly what he means. That’s how
      The world works he’s using that perception and countering it with his 3% rule, meaning you see a water bottle and you expect it to have water but what if he puts wine into it? you see that as something new, he’s saying that’s his design process countering the norms by using things we already have in the world and breaking the mold or what you might consider normal. That’s why he says bringing architecture to the art world. Shaping the design process and ideology. Same thing with bringing that diversity to the art world.

    • @julslatt6294
      @julslatt6294 Před 2 lety

      Was it meant biblically? “Wine was also used as a symbol of blessing and judgement throughout the Bible.” “ A wineskin is an ancient type of [bottle] made of leathered animal skin, usually from goats or sheep, used to store or transport wine.” Further “ Mark 2:22 NKJV
      “”And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”” “Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins…” (Matthew 9:17 NIV).”
      “To live is to suffer, to survive is finding meaning in the suffering” Rest Well Virgil Abloh🕊👑 ☮️

  • @hnttakata713
    @hnttakata713 Před 2 lety +1

    Camera angle sucks on this. What!

  • @ralami6183
    @ralami6183 Před 4 lety

    🐐

  • @HetIsCarlo
    @HetIsCarlo Před 3 lety +1

    his feet are dancing while he talks

  • @SA-em1lv
    @SA-em1lv Před 4 lety +7

    Love this but needed a dictionary on hand. Its okay tho

  • @oy3ah2025
    @oy3ah2025 Před 4 lety +5

    OY3AH!

    • @kelvinfesa
      @kelvinfesa Před 3 lety

      Lol you are everywhere in these informative videos love to see it

  • @jaomii
    @jaomii Před 2 lety +2

    off white became what virgil sought out to destroy, ironic

  • @smonomono4194
    @smonomono4194 Před 2 lety

    RIH Virgil.

  • @faris12341
    @faris12341 Před 3 lety +10

    we need to get virgil on joe rogan

  • @desmondchristoper3049
    @desmondchristoper3049 Před 4 lety +10

    "First"

  • @aeumurolake9563
    @aeumurolake9563 Před 2 lety

    🏄🏽‍♀️

  • @hazeltowers221
    @hazeltowers221 Před rokem

    He made fun of me. I’m a security guard at Brooklyn Museum.

  • @badlucksoma
    @badlucksoma Před 2 lety

  • @wgmrbigboi
    @wgmrbigboi Před 3 lety +2

    Take a shot when he says “like”

  • @ChristoAg1
    @ChristoAg1 Před 2 lety

    RIP

  • @oy3ah2025
    @oy3ah2025 Před 4 lety +1

    @1:16:58