Contemplations of a Collector

The allure of contemporary art through the lens of a major collection.

In a contemplative walk through a 30-year collecting endeavour 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. They share their fascination with the artist works collected.

Contemplations of a Collector 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. This book is about Love, Life, Art!

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.

Through conversations between Irini Pari and Dimitris Daskalopoulos, we discover the driving force, the challenges, and the subjects that moved the collector to assemble this extraordinary collection.