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The Office Collection
The Office Collection is the private art collection from Tassos A. Gkekas, the Greek collector with a penchant for collecting works by contemporary international and Greek artists – with many of them based in Europe or the Middle East.
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Whilst the collection may not have a running theme of technique or generational, almost all of the works point to an underlying political context in one way or another. Made up of mainly sculpture and photography, T. A. Gkekas has amassed an enviable collection of works that attempt to span the width of contemporary art.
Here, Gkekas shares segments of his collection.
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Resurgence, 2013. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-24_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-24_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Resurgence, 2013. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Here Comes the Boom, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Garlands of Civilizations, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![NAZGOL ANSARINIA, 26th Oct 2014, from the "Reflections/Refractions" series, 2014. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![GLAVKOS KOUMIDES, Homage to Cy Twombly, 2014. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-25_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![NAZGOL ANSARINIA, Grey chair, from the "Mendings" series, 2012. Courtesy Green Art Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![ASTERIS GKEKAS, Αφιέρωμα στον Nίκο Γκάτσο, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![ASTERIS GKEKAS, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-26_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![ASTERIS GKEKAS, Αφιέρωμα στον Τάσο Α. Γκέκα, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![NAZGOL ANSARINIA, Metal chair, from the "Private Assortment" series, 2013. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![CAROL CHRISTIAN POELL, from the "Paranoid" collection, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![YANNIS GAITIS, Le Cycliste, 1975. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![GLAVKOS KOUMIDES, From the "Yiotta Dasia" series, 1997](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-27_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![FRANCESCA WOODMAN, Untitled, 1975–1978. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![MASAHISA FUKASE, Tsugaru Channel, 1984. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![Unknown Artist. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![MARIA KOFTEROU, from the "Ετικέτες" (Etiketes) Series, 2013. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, MMXIII, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-28_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Untitled, from the "Underline" series, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Untitled, from the "NIC" series, 2011. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![GÜNTER BRUS, Starrkrampf, 1965 / 2010. ourtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![NICHOLAS PANAYI, From the "Carthago Delenda Est" series, 2008. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-29_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![NICHOLAS PANAYI, From the "Carthago Delenda Est" series, 2008. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Untitled, from the "Density" series, 2011. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Untitled, 2011. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, Untitled, from the "NIC" series, 2011. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-30_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![CALI THORNHILL DEWITT, Investment Opportunities, 2015. Courtesy V1Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![NAZGOL ANSARINIA, Untitled 5, from the "Nonflammable, Non-stick, Non-stain" series, 2010. Courtesy Aun Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![DIMITRIS MERANTZAS, Star, 2004. Courtesy the Office Gallery](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![PASCAL BERNIER, Funeral Fish, 2015. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-31_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![ASTERIS GKEKAS, Αναμένουσα I, from the "Η Τελευταία Νύφη" series, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![ASTERIS GKEKAS, Αναμένουσα II, from the "Η Τελευταία Νύφη" series, 2012. Courtesy the Office Gallery. Photo: Antonis Minas](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-32_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010 (detail). © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-33_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010. © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-34_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-34_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![BROOMBERG & CHANARIN, The Prestige of Terror, 2010 (detail). © Broomberg & Chanarin](/site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-34_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26237/2023-07-06_16-30-34_the-office-collection_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)