From guest curator The Orchid & the Wasp: an interactive workshop with artist Marian Genet
Inner square, Kunststad, NDSM LOODS
Marian Genet (1990, Amsterdam) is a multidisciplinary artist who is fascinated and deeply touched by the power of color. She makes vibrant tapestries, photographs, paintings and textile works. The emphasis in her work is on color, energy and movement. Focusing on the unique human being, Genet collects stories and experiences of people from all layers of society that give color to their lives and their environment. She translates their stories and every meeting she has had into a color field, collecting these puzzle pieces and carefully combining them together. Like our society, her tapestries are like a puzzles that are never finished and continue to grow.
Welcoming the viewer in an arrangement of positivity, femininity, sensuality and
vulnerability, Genet created an environment for playful encounters. She wants to give the world more color with her art, inviting you to sit or lay on the soft, tactile installation with the fitting title Harmony of Love. Because in order to fully experience her work, you will need to participate and surrender yourself to the warm and fuzzy embrace of Genets work.