In this he does somewhat differ from the stamp collector but it doesn’t make him in any sense particular. Mr Olbricht belongs in fact to an important class of collectors that Ms Karasek seems to have entirely forgotten: that of the experimental searchers, those that wrought by their past and their lucidity, indulge in confrontation and starkness. If such wandering souls are incapable of concocting themselves, they do indeed buy from others. Death and sexuality, can it be more basic?

When he talks about the seventeenth century craze of collecting bizarre objects he could in fact as well be talking about the contemporary art scene. I can only agree to that Mr Olbricht is an ‘art collector’ – and not just a ‘collector’ – in the sense that the objects that he of late is collecting are of “no use”, and as such would qualify for the contemporary definition of art.

An interesting document!