'The Collector' is an exhibition that aims to question the true meaning of collecting art. It is an installation of an imaginary apartment set in Paris in 1968. Our Collector is a complex character with a completely unique personality. A passionate, brilliant, eccentric and humble man. Living in post war Milan and then Paris he lives and breathes art. Essentially the contents of his apartment are the result of his desperate search to feel the agony and ecstasy of life, through the visual poetry of the greatest artists of his time.
Collected one by one over many years the objects in this apartment take us on a remarkable journey into his soul. Like a private journal so intimate and personal, they are a portrait of a man, searching and feeling his way in the dark.
This collection represents the journey of one man's life. The result of a continuous and never ending search for something real. This exhibition is dedicated to him.
Designed by Robin Brown and Anna Pank
