Floral Leaf Print
2018
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2018
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Floral Leaf Print is a 2018 by Narielwalla, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print by Narielwalla plays with the lines and layers from old tailoring patterns. It turns flat paper shapes into art. The artist once worked in a tailor’s cutting room, where he noticed how patterns stack up like secret blueprints. The V&A later asked him to turn those ideas into prints. They wanted his take on Frida Kahlo shapes and costumes. See more of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum. museum: Victoria and Albert Museum
Narielwalla’s 2018 *Floral Leaf Print* derives from his work with garment patterns, transforming annotated tailoring templates into layered collages. The print features Frida Kahlo’s figure, constructed from fragments of printed papers and sewing patterns, arranged in culturally diverse costumes. Some versions include gold foiling or screenprinting, produced as limited or open editions for the V&A’s *Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up* exhibition. The artwork blends fashion drafts with decorative motifs to reinterpret Kahlo’s self-portraits.
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This artist carves bold shapes from old anatomy textbooks and presses them into layered prints.
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