Let´s REFLECT about the Art of Collecting…

19.05.2011 - 05.02.2012
MODO, Museo del Objeto del Objeto 
Mexico City.

In MODO´s exhibition "Collection of collections", the Museum exhibited 37 pieces from the Eye Collection dating from 1930 to 1980. 

Curatorial Text: 

Alexandre Lemaire is an interior designer, architect, and collector. From the age of six, he kept pins, stamps, posters, and matchboxes. He currently collects in an orderly and devoted manner all the forms of monkeys, watches, furniture from the 20th century, lamps, books, and art, among other objects. Within his work as an interior designer, the prominence of light made him fall in love with lamps. Since he lived in France –his native country– he has guarded lights and owns more than 300 of them which he continues to acquire. Beyond brands or authors, the collector favors form, sheer taste being passionate about rarities. For him, collecting means gathering, uniting, growing, connecting with history, with the memories and moments of past times and the memories of others.