“Art collecting is an incurable disease.” Simon de Pury Although some think it is an incurable addiction, collecting is a very pleasant occupation and a quest that can add unimaginable value to your life. In the list below we present an overview of the notion of collecting.
Artist Merve Ünsal’s Top 5 list from the fair: Fahrettin Örenli, “Mingir” Libia Castro ve Olafur Olafson, “Your Country Doesn’t Exist” Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, “Ah Odessa” Melisa Önel, “The Dream, Recollectives, Alternatives” Emre Hüner, “Somnambulist Deceivers #1”
Collector and Art Writer Banu Çarmıklı’s Top 5 list from the fair: Rebecca Horn, “Butterfly with Black Volcano Stone” Şükran Moral, “Artist’s Mirror” Burak Delier, “The Last General” Gözde İlkin , “Statement” Sergen Şehitoğlu, “KM”
Partner Outreach Manager, Head of Asia and the Middle East at Artsy Inc., Süreyya Wille’s Top 5 list from the fair: Burçak Bingöl, “Superflow II” Burak Delier, “Untitled (Girl with EU Flag)” Gözde İlkin, “Preoccupied, Offended and Absent Minded” Lawrence Abu Hamdan, “A Conversation with an Unemployed” Shiva Ahmadi, “Untitled 2”
Founder of Travelmodus.com and Haaz, Özlem Avcıoğlu picked her Top 5 List from the fair: Bill Viola, “Addie” Carlos Aires, “Disaster Series” Kibong Rhee, “Into the Hidden Side” Tony Oursler, “Black and Blue Series” Jaume Plensa, “Triptych”