From March 13, Wild Heart Free Soul has the honor of participating in the Museum Barberini shop as a representative of Anatolian craftsmanship. For the "Rembrandt's Orient" exhibition, the Museum Barberini shop has curated a special selection of "oriental" products. A fine selection of our vintage kilims and kilim cushions will be available here until June 27, 2021.
Excerpt from the blog post from Museum Barberini shop:
"Rembrandt's Orient - the 17th-century perspective. "Orient" in Rembrandt's time could mean many things. Ceramics from Japan or China, miniatures from the Mughal Empire in what is now India, or "Batavia," the name for Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia, with its capital Jakarta. But is our concept of "Orient" much more precise? Which cuisine do we mean when we speak of oriental cuisine?
So, we set out to find creatives from countries commonly associated with the "Orient" and entrepreneurs who navigate between cultures. We found young founders such as Beyza Özler from Berlin. With Wild Heart Free Soul, she has specialized in kilims from the 1940s to the 1970s. In "normal" times, she travels several times a year through Turkey to select the most beautiful pieces, which are then carefully cleaned and restored. For Beyza Özler, kilims are woven poetry, and each piece tells its own story. Wild Heart Free Soul will be a guest at the Barberini Shop in the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, from March 13."
Museum Barberini
Alter Markt
Humboldtstraße 5–6
14467 Potsdam
Museum Barberini
Barberini Shop
