Contemplations of a Collector: Irini Pari in Conversation with Dimitris Daskalopoulos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9782851173317)

Themes of bodily struggle and creativity in the art of a major collection

Launched in 1994, the D.Daskalopoulos Collection is a vast but focused collection of work by leading contemporary international and Greek artists. The art included focuses on the human body as a source of creativity and the vessel of existential, social and ideological struggle. The collection gives prominence to large-scale installations and sculptures, as well as drawing, collage, film and video. This volume surveys these works.
Artists 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.