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At Home with Glenn O’Brien

January 28, 2015 by Marion Maneker

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Glenn O’Brien is best known for his friendship with Basquiat but he’s also an idiosyncratic collector who is profiled online:

O’Brien’s art collection is best described as expansive. “I collect a lot of artists,” he told The Coveteur. “Richard Prince, Christopher Wool, James Nares, Tom Sachs, Robert Hawkins, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Sarah Charlesworth, Ray Johnson, Brion Gysin, Philip Taaffe, Joseph Kosuth, Walter Robinson, Eliott Puckette, Stefan Bruggemann, Jane Dickson, Peter Nadin, Jane Corrigan….” Of his appreciation for Basquiat, the writer said, “I wouldn’t say I’m promoting his work but I have written a lot about Basquiat’s work. He is a very important artist and his work is even more relevant now that we are in a time of rather bland and non-committal work.”

Glenn O’Brien (The Covateur)

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