Independent Collectors
Haupt Collection
Dreissig Silberlinge
![MICHAEL TIMPSON, A Horse Man Rode Out (Detail), Performance at S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium, 1999. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25808/2023-06-27_15-42-56_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg?v=1413529248 640w, /site/assets/files/25808/2023-06-27_15-42-56_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg?v=2039248277 1024w)
Money determines much of our lives and actions through forming the basis of our very existence in a Western Capitalist world. Within the context of art it is, however, a difficult issue to address.
Berlin based lawyer Stefan Haupt decided to construct his contemporary art collection around the topic of money after buying his first piece of art by the Taiwanese artist, Lee Mingwei. For the piece “Money for Art” (1997) Mingwei created several origami sculptures out of 10 dollar bills which he then gifted to different people from various backgrounds in order to see what eventually will happen to his sculptures in the future. Some owners used the work to buy ice cream or a pair of shoes, whilst others continued to cherish the dollar note as an art work. Like Mingwei’s piece, many of the works in Haupt’s 200-work-strong Haupt Collection criticize the capitalist values that dominate our financial system – or the art market for that matter.
The works from the collection highlight and reflect on social and economic grievances, historical events such as the German Reunification, as well as political issues arising from different monetary unions or economic crises. Carefully selected pieces by renowned artists such as Joseph Beuys, Georg Herold, Daniel Spoerri, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Lawrence Weiner, to name but a few, investigate into cultural differences and the role of the individual within society against the backdrop of the number one thing that makes the world go round.
![MATHIEU MERCIER, $, 2000. Photo: Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-43-50_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-43-50_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![TIMM ULRICHS, Verborgenes Objekt III: Geld, 1994/2007. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, München](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-43-58_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-43-58_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![TIMM ULRICHS, Verborgenes Objekt III: Geld, 1994/2007. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, München](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![TIMM ULRICHS, Verborgenes Objekt III: Geld, 1994/2007. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, München](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-08_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-08_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![TIMM ULRICHS, Verborgenes Objekt III: Geld, 1994/2007. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, München](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-40_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-40_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![TIMM ULRICHS, Verborgenes Objekt III: Geld, 1994/2007. Photo: Wilfried Petzi, München](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-46_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-46_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![ANNE JUD, Dollarfächer, 2002. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-56_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-44-56_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![NIKOLAUS EBERSTALLER, HONEY/Home Made Money II Edition BLM Collectable, 2015. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-11_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-11_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![LEX DREWINSKI, Europe, 2011. Photo: Lex Drwewinski, Falkensee bei Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-19_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-19_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![DADARA, Like, 2013. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-38_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-38_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![DADARA, Like, 2013. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-46_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-46_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![STEPHAN BALKENHOL, Geld (Kupfer), 2009. Courtesy Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle and Jakob Zoche, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-55_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-45-55_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![STEPHEN BARNWELL, United States Of Islam: 6 $ Note, Caliphate Bank A, 2008. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-19_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-19_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![STEPHEN BARNWELL, United States Of Islam: 6 $ Note, Caliphate Bank A, 2008. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JSG BOGGS, Transaktion (Making Money), 2000/2001. Photo: Jakob Zoche, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-41_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-46-41_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![ALICIJA KWADE, Das Treibwerk, 2013. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-47-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-47-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![THOMAS ELLER, THE bounty (Euro), 2012. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-47-26_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-47-26_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![ELLY BALTUS, The Sound of Money (for Art Reserve Bank), 2012. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-38_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-38_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![ELLY BALTUS, The Sound of Money (for Art Reserve Bank), 2012. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-47_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-47_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![THOMAS BAUMGÄRTEL, 50-DM-Banane, 2002. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-55_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-52-55_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JULIA HERFURTH, Fatma Aliye – Durchleuchtung eines türkischen 50-Lira-Scheins, 2012. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-07_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-07_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JERRY BERNDT, New York City Stock Exchange, 1973. Courtesy the artist and white trash contemporary Hamburg](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JÜRGEN SCHIEFERDECKER, adoramus...?, 1978. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-26_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-26_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![NIKO LUOMA, Untitled, 2003. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-39_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-39_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-51_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-51_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-59_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-53-59_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-11_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-11_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-24_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-24_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-36_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-36_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MINGWEI LEE, Money for Art, 1997. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-47_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-54-47_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![BARTON LIDICÉ BENEŠ, Dollar – Pillendose, 2000. Courtesy the artist and white trash contemporary Hamburg](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-04_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-04_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![CHRISTA SOMMERER UND LAURENT MIGNONNEAU, The Value of Art Sheep's Head, 2010. Photo: Jakob Zoche, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-16_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![VIRGINIE MOSSÉ, Urbi et orbi (Christus mit Amex), 2011-14 (Version III, 2014). Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-23_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-23_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JUSTINE SMITH, The Bigger Bang – Black, 2009. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-55-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![SEBASTIAN SIECHOLD, Schein – Nische, 2012. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-56-09_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-56-09_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![MARIA & NATALIA PETSCHATNIKOV, Serie »Cash« (2), 2010. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-56-28_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-56-28_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![WILL KEMPKES, 1 (Washington), From the series Serie Faces in my Pocket. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-13_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-13_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![WILL KEMPKES, 5 (Lincoln), From the series Serie Faces in my Pocket. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-23_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-23_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![WILL KEMPKES, 50 (Grant), From the series Serie Faces in my Pocket. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-30_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)
![JAN HENDERIKSE, Neunzehner, 1993. Photo: Hermann Büchner, Berlin](/site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-44_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpeg 640w, /site/assets/files/25812/2023-06-27_15-57-44_haupt-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpeg 1024w)