Dover Street Market London celebrates Futura’s graffiti art

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The abstract elan of graffiti artist Futura (Lenny McGurr) has long captivated the fashion world. For Louis Vuitton\u2019s A\/W 2019 runway show, Virgil Abloh invited the artist to live tag the brand\u2019s New York-inspired show set, in a nod to the famed orbs and narrow squiggles he used to spray...

Comme des Garçons SHIRT Futura installation at Dover Street Market LondonLouis Vuitton

’s A/W 2019 runway show, Virgil Abloh invited the artist to live tag the brand’s New York-inspired show set, in a nod to the famed orbs and narrow squiggles he used to spray paint across the city in the Seventies, where he ran in an avant-garde art circle with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Dondi White. Just last month, Sotheby’s auctioned a pair of 2005 Futura-designed Nike Dunk High Pro trainers for $63,000 USD as part of its ‘Cult Canvas’ auction.

A creative polymath working across fashion design, photography and album art, Futura relaunched his streetwear label Futura Laboratories in May 2019, after an eight-year pause. The brand’s relaunch was first stocked and celebrated at Dover Street Market Singapore, where in line with the opening of Futura’s major exhibition ‘Constellation’ in the city – an exclusively commissioned artwork was installed instore.

 

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