Fiona Long Art

Over the past year or so, I have become increasingly fascinated in collections and hoarding behaviour. This incredible exhibiton of Andrew Novick’s collection of collections shows just a fraction of what he has accumulated. To him, the only problem is having the space to display it all. He collects everything from Barbie dolls to dead bats in jars. He doesn’t see himself as an artist but there is an interesting relationship between his ambigous role as hoarder, collector, artist and eccentric curator. I think my favourite piece is his jar of cereal dust collected in strata over the last 10 years. I hate to say it, but that’s not too far from the kinds of things that I do!