Herb & Dorothy

Herb and Dorothy Vogel are recently known for their documentary film that was released in 2008 about their collection of over 4,700 pieces of contemporary work.  The most interesting aspect to this story is that all these pieces of work were kept in their NYC apartment, which must have been extremely crowded.  The film describes the story of the two middle-class collectors of minimalist art and their valuable collection of contemporary art.  The film won many festival awards and audience awards and grossed almost $100,000 as of the end of July 2009.

When thinking about collection art, I feel that every individual does it in their own way.  Whether you collect pieces of art, or you collect something that has meaning to you such as toys when you were younger, or coins, or cards, that is all based on your own ideas and meanings to why you collect things.  Personally I love to collect movies, where my mom loves to collect thimbles from different places she has been around the world.  Herb and Dorothy loved to collect art and that is there own choice just like anyone else's choice to collect something they love.