Collection of Collections

Marseille-Provence 2013, the European Capital of Culture, and the Logirem Foundation present a preview of a collection of collections, a curiosity cabinet of urban scale proposed by Maryvonne Arnaud and Philippe Mouillon and produced with the participation of numerous collectors
This Collection of Collections draws a sort of lacunar portrait of collectors, dissimilar portraits because no collector resembles another, simply because no imagination resembles any other.
This Collection of Collections is therefore an invitation to walk in the abundance of human imaginations, in the infinite diversity of the living. Collected objects can be simple or valuable. They were all scattered throughout the world and were assembled side by side, gathered here, by the obsession of the collector alone.

 

We must approach the Collection of Collections as we approached children in those games where, by linking points scattered on the sheet of paper, there arises an unexpected