Brooklyn Metal Sculptor's Work to be featured at Bergdorf Goodman
November 12, 2007
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Brooklyn Metal Sculptor’s Work to be Featured at Bergdorf Goodman
Metal Golden Dragon sculpture on view November 15, 2007

BROOKLYN, New York, November 12// – A metal dragon sculpture by Alexandra Limpert, a Brooklyn metal sculptor, will be featured in Bergdorf Goodman’s 2007 Fifth Avenue holiday windows from November 15 through the first week of January. The interiors are an homage to Tony Duquette, an American design icon. Three of Limpert’s sculptures were chosen for display in Bergdorf Goodman’s 2006 holiday windows which featured metal filigree and sequined mannequins. A review in the New York Sun by Frances Morrone http://www.nysun.com/article/45333, a noted architectural historian, states "Bergdorf's has typically stylized, stylish, and sophisticated windows comprising. in ravishing tableaux with moving figures by the sculptor Alexandra Limpert."


This year Limpert’s commissioned sculpture is an eight foot high by five foot wide ornamental golden Chinese-style dragon inspired by a maquette by Designer Demetrios Argyropolous of Bergdorf Goodman. The dragon is fabricated from steel, gold leaf, ceiling tin, glass and found objects such as brass fishing lures as scales and furniture parts as claws. Interior designer Tony Duquette (1914 – 1999) drew upon international influences for his lavish sculptures, furnishings and theatrical interiors including film sets for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Lmpert’s sculptures chosen for the 2006 windows were a galloping steel horse and insect-figure with moving wings. Powered by electric AC motors, both these pieces display their moving parts unlike typical window animations. Also featured was an Amazonian female figure welded from scrap metal that guards the exterior of the Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

Limpert, who works independently as a sculptor and also for a well-known firm producing moving sculptures for the holiday windows at Lord & Taylor, Saks and Macy’s was discovered in Williamsburg , Brooklyn last fall by Argyropolous. To view sculptures by Alexandra Limpert, to find out about upcoming shows, or for more information, visit www.alexandralimpert.com


About Alexandra Limpert
Alexandra Limpert was raised on the upper west side of Manhattan and has resided in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for over a decade. Limpert’s art work has been exhibited in NYC and abroad. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and her work has been featured in ARTnews and the Village Voice. She earned her BFA in Sculpture at The Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.

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About the Press Release
Williamsburg, Brooklyn sculptor's 8' x 5' metal golden dragon to be featured in Bergdorf Goodman Holiday windows. Interiors are an homage to Interior Designer Tony Duquette. Found objects used.


 
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