Marfa Journal, interview with Julian Taffel
2024
Belgium-based artist Michaël Borremans and Julian Taffel, the co-designer behind MARFAVOURITE knitwear brand Leorosa, talk as they enter the artists' new studio. The host gestures across the threshold as he warmly welcomes the guest into the space for a walking and talking tour
JULIAN Incredible! It's vast. What are the walls made out of? I can't tell.
MICHAËL Stone. After the studio was built, everything was painted white, and it felt like a gallery or a museum. It made me really uncomfortable, so I painted it in the same colour as the living room in my house - a light warm grey.
JULIAN Oh, that's nice. Do you have a studio at home?
MICHAËL I have many different ones. My home is one of them, of course, and this is an additional space, it's more modern and more practical for large format works. I can even drive a car into here. My other studios all have very different characters.