Project 2: The Collection

People have been collecting things in different ways throughout human history. A significant portion of this collecting has occurred over the past few hundred years. Our desire to touch distant lands, to possess strange and unique items, has lead to great collections of all shapes and sizes. Consider the collection in this next project.

How does the act of collecting add meaning to the collection?

Multiples, is an object limited in nature or able to be reproduced.

How do you create a narrative within this framework?

Do these forms transcend their individual history/function when considered collectively?

Is the sum of the whole is greater than the parts?

 

Mark Dion

Tony Cragg

Louise Bourgeois

Ai Wei Wei (Sunflower Seeds)

Antony Gormley (Field)

Do-Ho Suh (dog tags, figures)

Wolfgang Laib

Andy Goldsworthy

Nora Herting