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Chaotic Contemporary
Chicago based collector Troy Klyber, is a contemporary art collector that loves to engage in a bit of chaos.
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Troy Klyber’s passion for collecting all started when he became exposed to contemporary art as intellectual property counsel for the Art Institute of Chicago, with the focus being on mainly collage and the creative remixing of preexisting content. Now, some ten years later, the scope of the collection has broadened to include works that explore the human capacity for creativity, knowledge, wonder, and finding order and beauty in a chaotic world and larger universe.
Here, Klyber shares work from his collection.
![ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Bam!, 2009. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![TONY FITZPATRICK, The December Moth, 2010. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Little Mistake, 2010. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Mutual Decision, 2009. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-06_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![ALPHA LUBICZ DEAL, Untitled, 2013. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![LANCE LETSCHER, Tidal Wave, 2014. Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![BRIAN DETTMER, Manual of Practical Anatomy Vol 3, 2007. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-07_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![BRIAN DETTMER, Music of the World, 2009. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Portrait of my Brother, c. 2008. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![KATIE PATERSON, History of Darkness (207,435,598 ly), 36/∞, 2010. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-08_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![RANDY REGIER, Blazing Model Sun, 2011. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Isolated Fish Instinctively Hiding from Silhouettes of Birds Passing Overhead, 2014. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![RENEE ROBBINS, Crescent Tidal Bloom, 2010. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-09_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, The Winter Bride (conversation at the Arctic Circle), 2015. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![TONY FITZPATRICK, Bird for the Daughters of Juarez, 2011. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![TONY FITZPATRICK, The Sky At Ohio #16 (The Night Compass), 2013. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-10_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![TONY FITZPATRICK, Lunch Drawing #71: Kid Ghost, 2014. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![MARITTA TAPANAINEN, Ilo Ilta, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![MARK REYNOLDS, Minor Third Series Harmonics, 8.22.11, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-11_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![DUNCAN ROBERT ANDERSON, Jupiter’s Great Red Storm, Long Fueled by Adulatory Mimicry of Prairie Dust Clouds, Slowly Dissipating as Final Tremors of Bison Hooves Reach Outer Atmosphere Two Centuries Later, 2015. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![JASON SALAVON, 100 Special Moments (Newlyweds), 2004. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-46-16_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-46-16_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![AI KIJIMA, Erehwon 23, 2006. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![BRIAN DETTMER, Literal Inner Micro Love, 2007. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26130/2023-07-05_19-38-12_chaotic-contemporary_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)