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                                    Mauricio Limón, Westerstraat 87-3, 2021
                            
                            
        
                                        
                                    
                                    Mauricio Limón, Westerstraat 87-3, 2021
                            
                            Mauricio Limon
                                Westerstaat 87-3, 2021
                            
                                    Silk and leather and acajou wooden frame
98 × 56 × 2 cm
                                    
                                            Copyright The Artist & Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS
                                        
                                
                                   Westerstraat 87 is one in a growing collection of flimsy open edition dresses, each inspired by a different Art Deco stained-glass window found mainly in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities,...
                        
                    
                                                    Westerstraat 87 is one in a growing collection of flimsy open edition dresses, each inspired by a different Art Deco stained-glass window found mainly in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, as titles like Utrecht attest. Coming fast on the heels of Art Nouveau with its predilection for organic shapes drawn from nature, curved lines and asymmetrical patterns, the international Art Deco style which flourished in the interwar period – consecrated by the landmark Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925, from which it derived its name – was, on the contrary, known for its use of stark geometrical forms, loud colours, zigzags or straight lines, and a concomitant fondness for symmetrical motifs. Inspired by elements of Art Deco architecture, the dresses conceived by Limón and González Hulshof exhibit some of those traits.
                    
                    
                