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The past few months have been challenging for everyone. We were forced to slow down and readjusted our focus toward our homes which were the center of our lives more than ever before. Curious as we are, we asked our creative friends to open their doors to their inspiring homes for our ongoing Wandler’s ‘Home Series’. This time, we’re taking it to Berlin where we visited collector and art historian, Marta Gnyp in her awe-inspiring apartment. We love her empowering energy and impeccable sense of style, not to forget her remarkable art collection.
Artworks: Gina Beavers, Guan Xiao, Danh Vo
‘I can’t imagine living without art, Art works trigger your senses, it adds a dimension to your life.’ — Marta Gnyp.
As an art historian, how do you think art influences fashion and vice versa?
Both, art and fashion, play with our contemporary visual culture and both express our dreams and ideas on beauty, politics and social order. During the last years interest in art has become part of a lifestyle for many people, comparable to fashion. The biggest difference when you compare both is time: while fashion reacts immediately, great art needs time to mature - but then it can keep its freshness for ages.
What do you find important when buying art?
The quality is such a difficult term! It has to be visually appealing, conceptually smart and it has to have a potential to grow with time. The best works of art are like fascinating people: they are stubborn individuals with exceptional stories that are never boring and aging gracefully.
Does your taste in art influence your interior style?
Sure. Living with art means that design should be adjusted to the needs of art works. To give art the most attention the furniture should be simple and classic.
Artwork: Petra Cortright
What is your advice for starting collectors?
Go and see art in person. In museums you can learn about art history and important contemporary developments. In galleries you can ask all the questions you might have, it costs nothing and you can learn a lot. Don’t be afraid to ask. Follow a few artists on Instagram and see how they develop.
What would be the best place to start buying art?
I can’t imagine living without art. Art works trigger your senses, surrounds you with beauty, force you to think - it doesn’t make you a better person but it adds a dimension to your life.
Artwork: Wojciech Fangor
‘Art works surround you with beauty and forces you to think.’ — Marta Gnyp.
Artwork by Donna Huanca
Who is your favorite artist at this moment? And why?
There are so many fantastic artists who are making truly great art at this moment. I’m fascinated by a few older women artists and artists of color getting their dues after many years without recognitions such as Joan Semmel, Frank Bowling or Stanley Whitney.
What are the upcoming artist(s) we need to keep an eye out?
Also here the list could be very long, so many artists please forget me that I mention only a few names: Jenna Gribbon, Paul Sepuya, Carmen Argotte, Zachary Armstrong, Peppi Bottrop, Claire Tabouret.
How do you think the art world will develop the coming years?
I sincerely hope that the worst of the corona is behind us and that the world will quickly recover from the pandemic. At this moment we face a great outburst of creativity worldwide; there are many amazing young and older artists experimenting, commenting, reshaping our ideas. In musea the focus will lie on exhibitions related to identity politics and rewriting the artistic canon. There are many ‘rediscovered’ female artists and artists of color. They will most probably dominate the institutional programs.
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