Independent Collectors
Part Two
What happens when the private interacts with the public, and when personal decisions become a public matter?
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In the first part of the exhibition from the Haus N Collection titled “Vom Grossen und Ganzen”, the works were sorted, organized, and grouped according to particular subjects. The resulting exhibition provided a representative overview of over 200 international works of contemporary art.
In the second part, also housed at the Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, six curators dissect the Haus N Collection by selecting their favorite pieces to create heir own personal exhibitions. Each of the six curators had free rein, turning the collector into a mere spectator. The group was made up of a diverse set characters such as; an art journalist from Berlin, a class of school children from Neumünster, a foundation chairman, a north German artist, the director of an art association and a construction industry manager. Each curator provides a different take on curating, using inspirations from inside and outside the art world, and finally rearranging the collection according to their own rules, giving it their individual fingerprint.
![STEPHEN CRAIG, Underground Cinema, 2005. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-11_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-11_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![ZHANG HUI, Intervall 1, 2006. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-11_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-11_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![HANNAH PERRY, Loud Voices (You’re Gonna Be Great I), 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![PETER RATHMANN, Pinhole Views on the Southwest, 1996–1998. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![MARLENA KUDLICKA, 'unprotected 0' fig. 180º, 2015. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![PIOTR NATHAN, Der Dieb der Melancholie, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![BERNHARD LEHMANN, Sitting Bull, 1989. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-12_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![BRITTA HANSEN, Zuhause im Gehege, 1993. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![ALEXEJ MESCHTSCHANOW, Sleeping Girl, 2011. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![ANDREAS REINHARDT, Augenpaare, 1997. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-13_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![GRIT HACHMEISTER, Showing Athens To My Tits, 2007; BJÖRN DAHLEM, Roter Riese, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![SYLVIE FLEURY, Cuddly Painting, 1993; GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB, Acrylic Glass Object, 2007. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![RUPPRECHT MATTHIES , huch, 2001. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-14_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![ANTONIA LOW, Res Publica, 2009. Photo: Marianne Obst](/site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-15_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26377/2023-07-07_08-00-15_part-two_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)