Trouser Suit Print
2018
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2018
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Trouser Suit Print is a 2018 by Hormazd Narielwalla, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Hormazd Narielwalla made *Trouser Suit Print* in 2018. It’s a print, not a painting. The artist spent years in a tailor’s cutting room, where he saw brown paper patterns filled with overlapping lines and notes. Those patterns become his art. He turned flat garment templates into layered, coded drawings. Later he added historical dress patterns to the mix. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Hormazd Narielwalla’s 2018 *Trouser Suit Print* originates from his work with garment patterns at a Savile Row tailor, where he observed the layered, annotated brown paper templates used to shape clothing. For this series, he created collages depicting Frida Kahlo in invented costumes, using fragments of printed papers applied to cut sections of sewing patterns—both modern and historical. Several works from the series were later reproduced as prints, including limited editions with digital and screenprinting techniques, some enhanced with gold foiling, and open-edition digital prints. The…
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Hormazd Narielwalla makes bold, colorful prints that layer sharp shapes and playful patterns.
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