Collectors Items was co-curated with Pam Aitken for Artsource in 2001. The exhibition focused on collecting as an art form - artists whose practices involve collecting, artists who collect other artists' work, and non-artists whose dedication to their collection reflected an artistic flair. It included actual and documented collections by over 40 participants.
Partial view of installation at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 2001. Viewable (l to r) are op-shop art by Louis Moncrief, glasses by Vanessa Mazza, Tupperware by Rebecca Dagnall, Suitcases by Nien Schwartz, photographs of collectors by the curator and shopping bags by Paola Anselmi, photograph by the curator.
Partial view of installation at the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 2001. Viewable are suitcases by Nien Schwartz, photographs of collectors by the curator and shopping bags by Paola Anselmi, photograph by the curator.
Phyllis Audrey Tonkin and her Gnomes, photograph by Andrew Nicholls, 2001
Over 10,000 paper clips arranged into a column by Dawn Gamblen, 2001, photograph by the curator.
Over 10,000 paperclips arranged into a column by Dawn Gamblen, 2001. Photograph by the curator.
Faye Pereira with her Crinoline Lady china, photograph by Andrew Nicholls, 2001.
Conveyor belt of magazine celebrities with sound track, by Minaxi May (with Philip Gamblen), 2001, photograph by the curator.
Detail of celebrity conveyor belt, Minaxi May (with Philip Gamblen), 2001
Faye Pereira and Beverly Nicholls with their Blue and White China, photograph by Andrew Nicholls, 2001.
An impressive pencil sharpener collection by two exhibitors whose names I can't recall. The couple in question had this display cabinet custom-made to house their collection, and ripped it out of their lounge room wall for the month-long exhibition.
Please contact me if you know the identity of these two collectors.
Hanging constructed from thousands of flattened and rusted bottle caps, collected from liquor shop carparks by Ruth Parker, 2001, photograph by the curator.
Faye Pereira and Beverly Nicholls with their Dolls, photograph by Andrew Nicholls, 2001
Curator and artist Pam Aitken's art collection, 2001, photograph by the co-curator.
Reading room by Fanny Jacobson, 2001, photograph by the curator.
Children's books by Fanny Jacobson, 2001, photograph by the curator.
Vintage clock collection by Indra Geidans, 2001, photograph by the curator.
Plastic animal collection, Susan Flavell, 2001, photograph by the curator.
A group of friends (names unknown) who collect low-rider bikes. A highlight of the opening night was the group riding in formation around the main exhibition space.
Please contact me if you know the identities of these collectors.