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Private Collection
(various stolen objects from private galleries for contemporary art - Paris, Berlin, London, Vienna, New York, Zurich)
ongoing project since 2005
Private Collection is a reaction to the commoditization of art and an attempt to derail the monopoly of galleries that price art, dictate the art market values, and set themselves up as the arbiters of artists' qualities. As artists coming from Eastern Europe, a region with a specific economic structure, marked by western strategies of hegemony and globalization, we attempted to disrupt the capitalistic art machine, stealing piecemeal from famous private galleries in Paris, Berlin, London, Vienna, Zurich and New York. By focusing on banal, invaluable things we have created a collection of discrete objects from everyday life. Conceived as a piratical gesture (a volitive and intentional disrupt of the existing chain of artist-curator-collector), the work is an attempt to undermine the orthodoxies of a capitalist market and to produce an autonomous value zone. Yet, at the same time, it points out the illusoriness of subversivness and the impossibility to escape hierarchization.
metal clip | Alexander and Bonin New York
white rope | Arndt & Partner Berlin
card holder | Arndt & Partner Zurich
headphones | Galerie Anne Barrault Paris
stapler | Peter Blum Gallery
paintbrush | Marianne Boesky Gallery New York
hammer | Cynthia Broan Gallery New York
spatula | Galerie Cent8 Paris
grey rubber door stop | Sadie Coles HQ London
drillers | Galerie Chantal Crousel Paris
ashtray | Galerie Valerie Cueto Paris
pioneer remote control | Elisabeth Dee Gallery New York
hanger | Galerie Deschler Berlin
green towel | Flowers Central London
fuses | Freymond - Guth & co Fine Arts Zurich
brass floor plates | Gagosian Gallery New York
mouse | GB Agency Paris
paper holder | Gimpel Fils London
gulley grating | Vilma Gold London
white gloves | Marian Goodman Gallery Paris
handlass | Galerie Bob Gysin Zurich
USB flash disc | Haeusler Contemporary Zurich
spirit level | Herald St London
electric screw driver | Nettie Horn London
mouse pad | IBID Projects London
flash light | Jousse Entreprise Paris
scissors | Jim Kempner Fine Art New York
plastic book stand | Nicole Klagsburn Gallery New York
metal book stand | Yvon Lambert Paris
remote control | Lehmann Maupin New York
stamp | Galerie Les filles du calvaire Paris
card stand | Galerie Kamel Mennour Paris
rope barrier | Galerie Meyer Kainer Wien
keys | Victoria Miro Gallery London
pen stand with ball pen | Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris
metal pin | Gallery Bob van Orsouw Zurich
metal door stop | Maureen Paley Ltd. London
screwdriver | Friedrich Petzel Gallery New York
sharp remote control | Praz-Delavallade Paris
stapler | Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich
fire exit sign | Anthony Reynolds Gallery London
perforator | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris
door knob | Galerie Nicola von Senger AG Zurich
remote control | Michael Steinberg Fine Art New York
sony radio | Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve Paris
yellow towel | Galerie Antje Wachs Berlin
bunch of keys | Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie Zurich
black rubber door stop | Mike Weiss Gallery New York
air mail stamps | White Cube London
saw | Max Wigram London
allen keys | Wilkinson gallery London
extension cable | David Zwirner New York
installation view, L'Europe en Devenir
Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (November 2007)
New York Private Collection
Dum umeni, Brno (October 2006)
Wien Private Collection
Viennafair, Wien (April 2006)
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