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Article: CHALAYAN TAPS INTO MODERN ART WORLD.(Hussein Chalayan)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 19, 2005
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Byline: Melissa Drier
WOLFSBURG, Germany -- Few designers' work lends itself so easily to a conceptual context as that of Hussein Chalayan, nor are there many fashion makers so readily at home in the world of contemporary art. The London-based Turkish-Cypriot is representing Turkey at the Venice Biennale.
So it is no surprise that the first solo exhibition of Chalayan's work fits so seamlessly and convincingly into the very modern environment of the Wolfsburg Art Museum. Originally conceived by and presented at the Groninger Museum in northern Netherlands, the show moved to Wolfsburg (the town Volkswagen calls home) over the weekend, where it will run ...