The Collection

Collection is one of the most frequently used notions in the context of art, even if we do not only consider art-collections. It can mean a number of things, like, for example, if we reverse the formula, it can mean the work of art itself.

Our exhibition deals with the collections of artists, or collections presented by artists, deserving our attention not because of their rarity or material value, but because they mirror the method of work, sensibility and determinations of the artist, and respond to the value-crises of the recent past and the present as critical tools. Objects detached from their original context and function have a greater power of illuminating the fractures and deficiencies, the conflicts of adaptation, and the contradictions of the art market.