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Collecting Alison’s work is not about possession. It is about conversation. When I add a new piece to , I am not checking a box. I am inviting a new voice into my home. I am saying, "This specific emotion is valid enough to hang on a wall." The Future: What Comes Next? -MY ALISON ANGEL COLLECTION- is currently standing at 132 pieces. That includes 47 published prints, 6 originals, 22 proofs, and the rest ephemera (postcards, vinyl records featuring her cover art, and one very strange ashtray from a Berlin pop-up).

Never skip estate sales. I found a proof sheet from the Broken Doll series underneath a stack of Reader’s Digests in a converted barn in Vermont. The man selling it thought it was "just some artsy photos." I paid $40. It is insured for $4,000. Why "My Alison Angel Collection" Matters (Beyond the Money) Let me be brutally honest with you. There is a trend in collecting where people buy assets. They buy names. They buy blue-chip artists as if they were mutual funds. That is not why -MY ALISON ANGEL COLLECTION- exists.

I will be at the Seoul show. I will be the one in the back row, squinting at the grain of the paper, holding my breath. And if the bidding goes too high, I will sell my couch. I don't need to sit. I only need to see. Because at the end of the day, is the only biography I ever want to write about myself. -MY ALISON ANGEL COLLECTION-

Alison’s early work is defined by a particular softness—a diffusion of light that makes the subject look like a memory rather than a photograph. The price was insultingly low, which told me the seller had no idea what they possessed. I won the bid for $12.50.

I know that sounds dramatic, but look at the Embers series (2009-2010). Created during her self-imposed exile in Iceland, those photos reek of loneliness. When I was going through my divorce, I would sit for hours in front of Ember No. 7 . The woman in the frame is drowning in a wool coat, looking at a horizon that doesn't exist. I saw myself in that grain. Collecting Alison’s work is not about possession

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At Art Basel 2023, a Swiss collector outbid me on the Falling Woman triptych. I watched the hammer drop, and my stomach turned to lead. I cried in a taxi. But the art world is small. Six months later, that same Swiss collector defaulted on a loan. I got a call. The triptych is now mine, hanging three inches apart, as Angel intended. I am inviting a new voice into my home

There is a specific, electrifying moment every serious collector knows. It is not the moment of purchase, nor the moment the delivery box arrives. It is the moment you rearrange the shelf, adjust the lighting, and step back to look at the sum of your obsession. For me, that moment is defined by a single name: -MY ALISON ANGEL COLLECTION- .