The livingroom of Anna Jill Lüpertz and Markus Keibel in their cosy old building

When two people move in together, it happens that two lives and two households are mixed together. But what if one doesn’t like the couch of the other one or finds it even ugly? When the Berlin gallery owner Anna Jill Lüpertz and the artist Markus Keibel met each other eight years ago and shortly afterwards decided to create a shared home in Anna’s 170 square meters flat in an old building, there was no approach for a discussion. ART-piece, the apartment was literally empty.

Markus Keibel and Anna Jill Lüpertz

Anna Jill Lüpertz: When I moved in I had nothing except for a bed and a couch.
Markus Keibel: And I brought things that were missing. This has been a good supplement.
MyStylery: Are you always so harmonious?
AJL: Mostly (laughs). The Farrow & Ball-wallpaper in the corridor still comes from the predecessor. We didn’t remove it, because we couldn’t decide on a wall color. I love colors like the one in the living room, a mixture out of old silk and DDR-anteroom-optic.
MK: True, every color is being discussed. I wished myself at least one white room. Nevertheless I was able to assert myself in the kitchen. Basically Anna likes to have more, I like to have less.

Right on the wall the Neon-Installation ’I‘ by Pietro Sanguineti

MS: More or less of what?
AJL: I love small things and so called bits and bots. For example I can’t have enough of vases! Markus always puts everything away and believes that I won’t notice it. It’s important to him, that everything is clear, clean and tidy.
MK: For me it’s quality before quantity. And that the things tell a story. After the end of the war, the empire-secretary has been pulled through whole Western Pomerania in a handcart by my grandmother. It accompanied me like the banana-plant throughout my whole life.
AJL: The other plants we purchased together. Markus got the green thumb.

At her eleventh birthday Anna got portrayed by the big A.R. Penck and gave it to her afterwards. Above the house-bar on an antique sewing table, in which Anna still stores needle and thread

MS: What is important to both of you in your home?
AJL: To me, the bed is the most important place. This is where I work, here I live. And books…
MK: … Exactly. Our books are our joint smorgasbord. I find apartments without books disconcerting. This is also an expression of quality of life.

After the end of the war, Markus grandmother moved the antique secretary in a small wagon hundreds of kilometers

MS: Do you always agree on art or are there different points of views?
AJL: When I met Markus, I was afraid, that his art could be bad trash. Then I secretly googled him and was totally relieved afterwards.
MK: I’m concept-artist; this is the contrary of what influenced Anna in her childhood by the art of her father. Art is a new issue of attitude, not of the taste. BvH

On the commode you can see Anna’s vase collection, above A.R. Penck: ‘Anna with horse’ of 1980. “My horse was much bigger in reality”, says Anna laughing

Above the sofa an ink-drawing of Peter Stauss. On the right and beneath sketches of Anna’s father Markus Lüpertz

“I clearly have a bio-craze”, says Anna about the loaded ecologically correct content of the shelves in the kitchen

A present of Anna’s stepmother: kitchen-chairs by Arne Jacobsen

On the wall photographs of the family

Anna on her balcony in her apartment in Berlin-Moabit

In the floor Anna stores the rests of the glass menagerie of her grandmother: “I’m especially sorry for the emaciated Chernobyl-fawn”, says Anna Lüpertz and grins

In the book shelve a small aquarelle, a present of Anna’s stepmother. “She says this is how I look when I drink red wine.”

Cozy corner in the bedroom, beneath a sketch of Peter Stauss. “On the left hangs an old line, which Markus pasted over. An early work”, says Anna Lüpertz winking

Impressive stucco, no matter where you look at

In the bedroom a new work of Markus Keibel: Ultra Amnesia, ash, gouache, pigment, acryl on canvas, 2015

James Lee Byars: ‘Letter to my mother’, beneath a Chinese commode with a ceramic sculpture by Veronika Brovall

On the Asian cupboard in the guest room you can see a picture from the family property: Still life with Spanish women

Photographic work by Robert Montgomery: ‚Forster-Fire-Poem‘ from 2014

In the vitrine that is placed in the floor a work of Markus Keibel: ‘Lampedusa’. The graphical wall paper behind originates back to the previous resident, the actor Inga Busch

Black and silver: a work by Markus Keibel. Without a title, acrylic paint on aluminum. Markus spotted the old dining table in a pub, above a lamp by Moooi

The skateboard collection of Markus Keibel, who attended European championships when he was younger and also drives nowadays: “Those skateboards stand here for a reason, not just for aspects of decoration”, emphasizes Anna and laughs

Contact:

Anna Jill Lüpertz Gallery
Potsdamerstr. 98a
10785 Berlin
www.ajlgallery.com

Berlin Art Week:

Tableau, 2000-2007, Artist Book by Pola Sieverding
Wednesday, the 16th of September
Potsdamerstraße 109 / Kurfürstenstraße 28, 10785 Berlin
from 8 to midnight.

Opening hours:
September 17/18/19, noon-10pm
September 20, noon-6pm

New exhibition:
Der Falke glüht am Firmament – A Solo Show by Harald Hermann
Exhibition:
12th of September – 31st of October 2015

Opening hours:
Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 6 pm and upon appointment

Special opening hours during Berlin Art Week:
16th of September 12am – 9pm
17th of September 11am – 9pm
18th/19th of September 12am – 7pm
20th of September 12am – 6pm

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“It’s raining” by Oh-Seok Kwon, 2015, Artist Stone, Goldleafs

Berlin has been enriched by a new art hotspot: Last week, art expert Isabel Bernheimer and her Agency for Contemporary Art opened the exhibition “Who Cares” in her new showroom vis-à-vis the Bode Museum and the Museumsinsel Berlin. On 600 square meters, in eleven rooms Bernheimer presents more than 150 works by eight international artists at the residence Monbijou.

This crown of thorns shaped Igor Vucic from shrapnel of the former war zone of Ex-Yugoslavia: “Ring”, 2011

The exhibition “Who cares?” represents the question of social responsibility and expresses this in the shown exhibits. Igor Vucic formed a crown of thorns out of old shrapnel, which he found in the former civil war regions of the Ex-Yugoslavia.

No cynicism, but an auxiliary test: “SOS Trolley” by Dirk Biotto, a portable emergency shelter for the homeless

With his “SOS Trolley”, Dirk Biotto created a mobile emergency tent; a protective cover for the homeless. The painted surfaces of the images of Milana Schoeller are provided with fine cobweb-like Krakelees that remind of breaking ice – as a warning sign of climate change.

“Origin” by Milana Schoeller, 2015, Oil on Canvas

Isabel Bernheimer, second oldest of four daughters of Bernheimer art dynasty from Munich, describes herself as self-taught. Her view of art was influenced by her childhood and received its own perspective during her 15 years of practice in the international contemporary art scene. Inter Alia with her mentor, the London Tate boss Chris Dercon, who also led the Munich ‘Haus der Kunst’.

Victor Alaluf beside his installation “Deadly Beauty”, mixed materials

Bernheimer is convinced that time is required for new concepts, by avoiding the classical gallery operation, in order to network with other sectors and with the current affairs. “I live and breathe in the world of artists,” says Isabel Bernheimer. And that’s good, because Berlin thus has an important, new address in the art scene. BvH

Jan Kuck: “Love, Hope, Purity”, 2014, series of concrete and special resin

Victor Alaluf: “Fallen Angel”, 2015, mixed materials

Jan Kuck: “Soap”, 2015, concrete, soap, tiles

Jan Kuck filled this “pool” with garbage bags as a warning of the increasingly polluted oceans

The finely-stocked museum shop offers limited editions and unique pieces of international artists

Ludvig Andersson, son of ABBA legend Benny played songs from his new album in the evening of the opening

Contact:
Bernheimer Contemporary
Residenz Monbijou
Monbijoustraße 2
Berlin, Germany

www. bernheimercontemporary.de

Featured pic by Kareen Kittelmann

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Left on the wall: “Walterli” by Patrizia Waller. The big painting „Indian II“ (1982) by Rainer Fetting. Sofas: Ligne Roset

A miss is past: “Walterli” by Patrizia Waller (2011)

It was truly a brave move to come to Berlin in the beginning of the 90s, choosing the not refurbished “wild East” as a prospective center of life. Marcus Deschler had the courage and, since then, lives in one of the most popular streets of the capital. He conceived a big old building flat out of three flats, refurbished the filigree stucco, the beautiful oak-inlaid-parquet and heavy brass doorknobs. Its center is made off a perfect equipped stainless steel kitchen, because the head of house is a passionate amateur chef.

Gallery owner Marcus Deschler in his livingroom, in the background „Selfmad“ by Rainer Fetting

MyStylery: It was a good solution to place the kitchen in the so-called “Berlin Room”.
Marcus Deschler: I really racked my brain about the planning. I prefer cooking for many people. The kitchen as a communication platform is the core of my flat. As a child of art enthusiasts, I grew up in the Bauhaus style. Hence I love a mix out of history and modern.

Art in the kitchen: „Entenvogel – als Räuber – ertarnt sich seine begehrte Beute“ by Deborah Sengl (2003)

cooking station

MS: You partly surround yourself with quite provocative exhibits. Has there been a visitor who got scared off by the sight of the “Wolf im Schafspelz” from Deborah Sengl or Patricia Waller’s “Bambi mit Beil”?
MD: That may well be. My choice of art pieces is very wayward and the provocation inevitably leads to stronger dialogues. Art is no decoration, it’s a statement.

„Der Wolf – als Räuber – ertarnt sich seine begehrte Beute“, Deborah Sengl (2004)

No art, but an heirloom: The polar bear fur in the living room

An issue for the animal welfare? Of course not! Art by Patrizia Waller: „Who killed Bambi“ (2008)

MS: Is so-called good art dependent on the price? What do you recommend novices when buying a painting?
MD: There is no panacea. “Good” art is not necessarily expensive; it’s often a matter of timing. I therefore recommend investing timely.

Holger Bär, „Neuschwanstein reloaded“, acrylic on canvas (2012)

Flower arrangement on a chrome table (Ligne Roset)

MS: What is your favorite piece?
MD: Every single one is a favorite. Neither do I have an explicit favorite spot. Couch, bed or kitchen desk: I all like them equally.

View into the living room. On the wall an art piece by Hans van Meeuwen: „Äste“ (2002)

MS: What would you not want to spare in your flat?
MD: Flowers and my art pieces.

There is no danger of slipping here: „Bananenschale“, Patrizia Waller (1996)

MS: Do you judge other people’s flats from their art?
MD: That wouldn’t be fair. It’s always the living conditions, which define the flat situation, for example children or finance. Important is the individual note.  BvH

Huge art in the kitchen: the digital piece  „Streitmeier Bock Drilling“ by Wolfram Odin (2001)

Still life with sculpture by Rainer Fetting: „Sitzender Hund“ (2006)

Favorite place of Deschler’s guests is the kitchen-counter

Is it art or trash? “This tray is a gift from a friend.”

The blue ceramic doses are from Deschlers great-grandmother

Deschler got the white KPM vase on a flea market; The brass box is an heirloom of his father

The stainless steel kitchen is built to the design of Marcus Deschler

Nice detail: The refurbished historic brass door handles

Deschler discovered the art piece of foam material at Art Basel

„Cat“ by Patrizia Waller (2004) and a coffeetable book

Contact:

Galerie Deschler
Auguststraße 61
10117 Berlin

www.deschler-berlin.de

Opening hours during the Gallery Weekend:
Friday: 11 am-9 pm
Saturday & Sunday 11 am-7 pm

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