http://blog.independent-collectors.com Tommi Brem is collecting contemporary art under public surveillance for Independent Collectors. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:46:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After moving house, I started hanging the art as it came out of the boxes, strolling through the apartment to find a nice spot. A lot of the small pieces are in the office, where I can see them, others are in the living room or in a dark spot ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2010/02/11/for-the-thieves-and-burglars/ We are back with the second part of the conversation with Tsjalling from the Netherlands. Autograph by Jake and Dinos Chapman, from Tsjalling's collection. You have started something called "The 100,- EUR collection". You want to buy an artwork under 100,- EUR every month for the duration of one year. You ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2010/02/05/pleased-to-meet-you-tsjalling-venema-pt-2/ Tsjalling Venema is what one would probably call a "young collector". I guess you'd be able to call him that in twenty years time. I can not imagine his personality to drop that atmosphere of youth just because the earth keeps revolving around the sun. He is from the Netherlands ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2010/02/01/pleased-to-meet-you-tsjalling-venema-pt-1/ Rudolf Reiber had told me about this work even before it existed, way back in late 2008 or early 2009. We were in his studio, talking about some of his works that include the process of "erasure", such as "Dark Matter" (all the stars removed from a Thomas Ruff work), ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2010/01/22/288/ I have updated my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuc/ http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2010/01/11/just-a-quick-one/ Øystein Aasan (left) and Randi Thommessen at "la vitrine", Paris. This is the second part of our e-mail conversation, again, in slightly abbreviated form. For full text, please refer to: (→ link) Why don't you try and get us all excited about a specific artist or artwork from your collection? This is difficult, ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/12/23/pleased-to-meet-you-randi-thommessen-pt-2/ This is Part One of an abbreviated version of the interview. For the full text, please visit the discussion forum at Independent Collectors. (→ link) Randi Thommessen from Oslo in Norway is, like so many of her fellow collectors, also a gallery owner and she has a background as an ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/12/22/pleased-to-meet-you-randi-thommessen-pt-1/ 1. Visit at least 12 exhibitions in galleries. 2. Have all the art in my collection framed. 3. Get something (anything) nice by Trimpin. 4. Trade art (the remnants of the duel). 5. Don't give a damn about rules. I thought it would be a good idea to make up a few rules for my ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/12/21/5-art-rules-for-2010/ Early in 2009 I discovered the work of iri5 (aka Erika Iris Simmons -> link). I love the concept of her "Ghost in the Machine" series, where she takes cassette tapes (remember those, anyone?) by a certain artist to create a portrait of ouf that tape. Here is an example of ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/12/18/ghost-in-the-machine/ One visitor commented on Contemporary Istanbul: Concentrated Mediocricy. I can see their point. These two examples I just couldn't resist posting, to illustrate the situation: The picture below is not from a local art market, but from Contemporary Istanbul. Ramex Gallery from Kassel in Germany was exhibiting works by Mehmet Güler, ... http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/12/08/it-was-almost-comic-sans/