Photography by Shinyoung Ma

Rob Teeters

ART ADVISOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THE POWER STATION

WHAT IS YOUR CALLING CARD?

When building collections for my clients, I like to weave in the unexpected. For example, installing a 19th-century Delacroix or Courbet painting with contemporary artworks by Richard Prince or Sherrie Levine, paired with an early Bronze Age Abydos juglet from 3000 BCE. I find so many art collections boring and predictable. They look like they were bought off Instagram rather than cultivated with thought, emotion, and a little bit of risk-taking as a driving force.

“"I would like to see more autonomous thinking and less following of disposable trends. The art market has a bad habit of cycling through artists at a rapid pace with amnesiac tendencies."”

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF IN YOUR INDUSTRY? LESS OF?

More autonomous thinking and less following of disposable trends. The art market has a bad habit of cycling through artists at a rapid pace with amnesiac tendencies. There are great artists from the 1990s and early 2000s that are virtually ignored by both the market and art institutions.

WHAT’S SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT YOU?

I was once an architect. I think about architecture and design often, and how art operates within and can expand its constraints. I only do architectural projects for myself now, but someday I would like to do an architectural wunderkammer for a client.

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