Photo courtesy Zach Feuer
David Scher, 'Drawing"
Photo courtesy Zach Feuer
Sterling Ruby, "CRY" (2005)
NEW YORK—In our newest weekly feature, ArtInfo will ask a range of collectors—from those
relatively new to the game to some of the world's top art buyers—to discuss
specific works hanging on their walls: Their favorite piece; their first
purchase; or perhaps their most recent acquisition.
Noted New York
dealer and collector Zach Feuer, owner of the Zach Feuer Gallery
(LFL) in Chelsea, starts us off, as you'll see, on the right
"foot."
My First Acquisition:
"The first piece I
bought was with money given to me as a gift from my parents. For my high school
graduation present, they gave me $300 to spend at the Pierogi [2000] gallery
in Williamsburg. So I went to Pierogi and I found a David Scher
piece: a drawing of a bird on the stump of a tree and the bird also has a
stump as its neck. It’s missing its head. The tree’s been cut down and the
bird’s been cut down. It’s a small drawing, and I still have it in my house. I
love it."
My Favorite Work in My Collection:
"A
sculpture of a New Balance sneaker made out of Styrofoam by Alison
Fox."
My Most Recent Acquisition:
I bought a
Haim Steinbach and a Sterling Ruby within a week of each other
about a month ago. The Steinbach is a 2002 piece with four objects on a shelf,
and the Ruby is a photograph from his show at Foxy Productions that says
‘CRY’ on it. They are sort of installed together. I haven’t had much experience
of living with them, so it’s hard to say much about them. But I’m really excited
about Sterling’s language, and Haim is an artist I’ve always been obsessed with.
I was suddenly able to get these works and I got really excited. The Sterling
was around $3,000, and the Haim was a little less than $15,000.
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