I don’t really have any strategies to collecting. I think that’s a dangerous way to approach collecting. The relationship that’s made the most sense to me when considering collecting work is to like the work I collect. Usually when there’s something I want to buy, it will haunt me for some time until I decide to make the move to acquire the work. Unless I have that kind of recurring thought about the artwork, I usually won’t commit to getting something. That’s resulted in missing a lot of things over time, but that’s just part of it.
I’ve tended, since a young age, to collect a lot of sculpture, which isn’t really convenient but is certainly rewarding. In regards to buying from my artists and my shows, yeah, I tend to own work from every artist in my roster. A lot of my acquisitions happen in the process of building up to shows. Once the show is up, I don’t necessarily get the luxury of going through and picking my first choice for myself. We prioritize selling work based on who we think is most important for the artist, and I don’t fall into that category per say. That being said, my artists get excited when I do get work because I really immerse myself in it and live with it and I sometimes work on projects outside of the gallery. I love when you see a piece of good art integrated into a public space. It really makes me happy.
