Viktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders

by Viktor Wynd

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

N8217.C87 W96

Genres

Publication

Prestel (2014), Edition: 01, 200 pages

Description

The Viktor Wynd Museum in East London is arranged with the sensibility of a 17th-century Wunderkabinett. It displays and sells an eccentric and seemingly random collection of objects - everything from shrunken heads to narwhal tusks - united only by the sense of wonder they inspire in their curator. Now, Wynd takes readers on a tour of homes, private collections and museums that share his fondness for things arcane, desiccated, antique, or just plain odd. The book visits rarified locations lovingly curated by bohemians and artists: from a rambling Devon farmhouse and its historic taxidermy to an Italianate villa in East London to the House of Dreams Museum. It also includes advice on how to start a collection of your own, covering details on auction houses, private dealers, flea markets and fairs, and shows that having distinctive taste does not necessarily require a massive budget.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member aadyer
A non fiction account and description of some of the collection of Viktor Wynd a self obsessed depressive who’s lucky enough to essentially be self sufficient. A illustration of compulsion to the point of toxicity, this is the collector as a depressive with artistic tendencies. Brace yourself.

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

200 p.; 11 inches

ISBN

9783791349060

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