VOLUME IV VOLUME IV // ISSUE ISSUEIVIX / / SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER2020 2020
PATRONS' PLACE
INSIDE THE MIND OF A COLLECTOR RAPHAEL DAPAAH Art Contributor @dg_luxe
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atrons’ Place” explores the collections and insights of budding and established art collectors and patrons. This series runs every other month with the artists’ Vernissage series, thus highlighting the contingent journeys of artists and collectors. Name Renicha (Nish) McCree Occupation Advisor in the field of International Development Location Accra, Ghana Collector Level Collector RD: When did you buy your first piece of art, and what was it? RM: I bought my first piece of art in an elementary school auction, which was over 35 years ago. As an adult, I started to seriously buy art for the love of it in 2013. I had the great opportunity to visit the studio of Rushern Baker IV, and I bought two of his paintings that day. How many pieces of art do you currently have in your private collection? Between contemporary art, 20th century African sculptures and masks and vintage, handmade ceramics and textiles, I have around 80 to 100 pieces. What drew you to art collecting, and what does contemporary art by artists of African heritage mean to you? page 120
When I was a little girl, I watched my paternal grandmother make her very simple home a treasure trove of handmade art—much of which she made, like her enormous collection of ceramics
and quilts. She always had dozens of mini-collections of art carefully curated on tables, in armoires, and even draped around door frames. Her natural love of beauty and art helped me fall in love