SPLICED Issue 04\r\n\r\n20-ISH QUESTIONS / MARIËTTE BERGH\r\n\r\nISSUE 04\r\n\r\n20-ish questions with\r\n\r\nMariëtte Bergh is someone to behold. Since taking the\r\nplunge from magazine darling to fulltime painter, she has fast established herself as a name to watch, and a talent to collect. Her glass-fronted\r\nworks portray the effortlessly chic and delightfully wry sensibilities she herself embodies; with her style becoming a recognisable staple in galleries across the country. Last year, she launched the uberstylish bespoke wooden kiddies furniture range Bunny & Clyde with Lisa Vos. With so much on the go,Spliced distracted her just long enough to ask a few questions...\r\n\r\nRight now, I am sitting on the couch,\r\nnext to my dog, eating a lollipop.\r\nI’m currently working on an exhibition\r\ncalled Gravity; featuring Dani Loureiro,\r\nCassandra Leigh, Mariëtte, Tess\r\nMetcalf, Nina Torr & Maaike Bakker.\r\nI’m really proud of my son, Finn.\r\nI’m always obsessed with music, and my\r\nson.\r\nI couldn\'t possibly live without my\r\nfamily.\r\nYou’d be amazed to see me change\r\ncolour in the sun.\r\nYou’d be horrified if I showed you the\r\ninside of my brain.\r\nI’m currently living in Joburg.\r\nI\'ve lived in places strange and far, if\r\nJoburg is considered that.\r\nMy favourite place in the world is just\r\nany postcard beach with a warm ocean.\r\nI’m really inspired by words, and timber.\r\nI’m reading (and loving) books by Mo\r\nHayder.\r\nI’m currently listening to Widowspeak,\r\nFirst Aid Kit, Suuns, Here We Go Magic,\r\n\r\n