You, me and art - Marta Gnyp

This book gives extraordinary insights into the rich and diverse artistic practices of our time.

Never has contemporary art been so popular as it is now; never has its audience been so
big. In the rapidly changing and vastly expanding art world one thing hasn't changed,
however: it is the artist that remains at the center of artistic universe. In fascinating and
personal interviews seventeen outstanding contemporary artists reflect on what does it
mean to be an artist today. By doing so, they provide a great material to analyze the
most urgent questions of the current art system. What artistic values should prevail?
How to define the artist when the notions of shaman, revolutionary and bohemian are
no longer valid? What is the relationship between artist and their public? How to stay
relevant for the artist herself/himself and for the world?

As artists operate in close connection with curators, collectors, and gallerists, Marta
Gnyp has given voice to a few excellent actors from these categories to make the
picture more complete: Fran
ois Pinault speaks about his experiences and his vision of
contemporary art as a collector; Anthony d'Offay reflects on artists and the post-war art
system from the perspective of a gallerist, while Demetrio Paparoni reflects on the state
of contemporary art as an art historian, curator, and critic.


Thanks to her profound knowledge of the art world as theorist and as insider - being
art advisor, collector, art journalist - Gnyp could engage in deep conversations and
when needed was not afraid to ask difficult questions. Reading the essay and the
interviews, the reader gets a great sense of what do the artists do and think, and also
what are the most challenging issues of our art system in general.