21 x 29cm near fine hardback exhibition catalogue with an essay by Lydia Yee: 'The Artist As Collector' plus Hannah Darboven's Objects' by Miriam Schoofs, Howard Hodgkin 'On Collecting Indian Paintings'. Illustrated in colour throughout featuring works by Arman, Peter Blake, Hanne Darboven, Edmund de Waal, Damien Hirst, Martin Parr, Jim Shaw, Andy Warhol and others. Seller Inventory # 22502

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Title: Magnificent Obsessions : The Artist as ...

Publisher: Barbican Art Gallery, UK

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near fine

Edition: First Edition.

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Exploring more than a dozen personal collections of contemporary artists, this unique and revealing book probes the aesthetic and psychological dimensions of collecting and shows how objects can influence and reflect their owners’ work. Throughout history artists have collected objects for professional and private reasons. Picasso, for example, collected African and Oceanic art; Walker Evans amassed a huge collection of postcards depicting ordinary Americans; and Matisse was an avid collector of exotic textiles and furniture. This book takes a look at the private collecting habits of contemporary artists including Arman, Peter Blake, Hanne Darboven, Edmund de Waal, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Dr Lakra, Sol LeWitt, Martin Parr, Jim Shaw, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andy Warhol, Pae White, and Martin Wong/Danh Vo. Their holdings range from mass-produced memorabilia and popular collectibles, such as cookie jars and children’s toys owned by Warhol, to unique curiosities and specimens, like Blake's collection of Walter Potter taxidermy, and other curios and rarefied artifacts, such as important examples of African art owned by Arman. Presented alongside key examples of their work, these objects provide insight into the inspirations, influences, motives, and obsessions of their owners. A lead essay examines the reasons why artists collect, attempting to understand the relationship between the objects artists amass and the works they make, and contributions by or on each of the artists reflect on the personal significance of collecting habits.

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Lydia Yee is a Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and has recently been appointed Chief Curator at Whitechapel Gallery, London.

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