Selah Marley Insinuates Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show Stole Her Work
Written by SOURCE on October 17, 2020
Artist and designer Selah Marley took to Instagram on Thursday and addressed some similarities she saw in an art installation she made compared to one that was used in a Savage x Fenty show, insinuating that her ideas were stolen.
“Quite a few friends brought this up to me & I wasn’t gonna say anything about this, but I’m bothered,” she said in the caption. “For those who remember, I did ‘A Primordial Place’ in May 2019.. I put my heart & soul (& all the money I had) into this project and…. I don’t know. Is it just me?”
Selah continued by saying how she feels robbed by how similar both installations were.
“As a young, independent, female black artist, I genuinely feel robbed. I’m not signed to any label.. I don’t have any investors. I just have myself & the people who support me. It took A LOT to pull this together & to see it replicated almost exactly with no mention of my name or the work I previously put in is just ridiculous. The first photo is the recent Savage x Fenty show. The other photos are A Primordial Place. What do you think?”
Those in her comments showed support and came to Selah’s defense as well. Savage x Fenty has yet to release any formal response to her message.
