Katerina Gregos, Artistic Director of EMST, Athens, in conversation with Irini Pari and Dimitris Daskalopoulos on the occasion of their recently published book:
Contemplations of a collector: Irini Pari in conversation with Dimitris Daskalopoulos
The book is a dialogue about art and life between two partners and art lovers: collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos and Irini Pari. Starting from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection – about a hundred works of contemporary art by international artists from the past 40 years – the collector and his partner discuss the freedoms and limitations of collecting art, share the lure of artistic creativity, and take us on a contemplative journey through the existential mystery of life, as it is depicted in the artworks of the collection.
The idea for this book began with a conversation regarding the works of the Collection. Conversations dating back three years, gathered in notes, transcriptions, and recordings, have resulted in a structured text divided into thematic chapters.
Written by Irini Pari, the book is published by Cahiers d’ Art.
The publication is available at the NEON Shop, at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), the Benaki Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art and Amazon.