Contemplations of a Collector: Irini Pari in Conversation with Dimitris Daskalopoulos | Author: Irini Pari

In a contemplative walk through a 30 year collecting endeavor in the art of our time, collector D.Daskalopoulos and his partner Irini Pari, converse in this book on the main compulsions and reoccupations of collecting and share their fascination of the artist works collected.

This book is a dialogue between two art lovers, a couple, sharing their passion and ideas about the existential mystery of life as depicted in the collection's artworks.  Important artists in the Collection include: Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, Paul Chan, Bruce Conner, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Robert Gober, David Hammons, Mona Hatoum, Isaac Julien, Jannis Kounellis, Stathis Logothetis, Sarah Lucas, Paul McCarthy, Steve McQueen, Ana Mendieta, Marisa Merz, Annette Messager, Wangechi Mutu, Ernesto Neto, Cornelia Parker, Pipilotti Rist, Dieter Roth, Doris Salcedo, Kiki Smith, and Paul Thek.

Hardback
29.2 x 21.2cm
320 pages