Collector Agenda

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In the Studio Robin Kid, Rambouillet, France

Robin Kid works with images that feel less made than encountered. Cowboys, cops, fragments of cartoon Americana: images that existed long before he picked them up, suspended somewhere between memory and mass culture. Raised in the south of the Netherlands by his grandparents, in a former mining neighbourhood bordering an American army base, he grew up with the idea of the U.S. glowing faintly from the other side of the fence.

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In the Studio Megan Plunkett, Los Angeles, CA

American artist Megan Plunkett turns away from depicting people, instead focusing on everyday objects. Drawn from consumer culture, and the film industry, her carefully constructed photographic series cultivate a sense of estrangement within things that might otherwise feel familiar.

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In the Studio Elisabeth von Samsonow, Vienna/Lower Austria

Elisabeth von Samsonow is a philosopher, artist, author and emeritus professor of Philosophical and Historical Anthropology at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In her work she brings together art, ecological concerns and feminist theory.

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Collector Stories Michael Trestik, Prague

Married to famous documentary filmmaker Helena Trestikova and father to Tomas Trestik, one of the leading Czech photographers, Michael Trestik is a person of public interest himself, with an interesting biography. He is also a passionate collector of antiques, ceramics, and art. We met Michael Trestik in his home above the rooftops of Prague’s Letná district and talked with him, among others, about his passion for collecting, why he is now divesting of his collection nonetheless, and what motivated him lately to trade in his pencil for an artist‘s crayon.

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Poster for Julian Charrière's 'Spiral Economy' exhibition at Museo Corner Venezia during the Venice Biennale.

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Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Helsinki
Most video works by Finnish visual artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila take place on multiple screens, producing different vantage points of a story simultaneously. She intentionally floods or overwhelms the viewer's senses in order to produce a strong emotional impact, abandoning the traditional moving image script.
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Editions

Persian cat leaps midair toward a textured glass door in a wooden frame, indoors beside a potted plant.

Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek
»Jumping Cats«

Abstract canvas painting with horizontal color bands: navy, white, blue, red, yellow, black; framed in light wood and hung on a white wall.

Carsten Fock
»Painting and Its Discontents«

Kunstinstallation: gefaltete Stoffpaneele mit Fleischmuster, aufgehängt auf Metallgestell in hellem Ausstellungsraum.

Lúa Coderch
»Souvenir [Onyx]«

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