After spending thirty years building up a consistent group of three hundred pieces, Robert Tibbles has reached the end of a chapter involving the Young British Artists, whose works he bought right from the outset when prices were low. The collection will shortly be on sale in London.
How did you discover the Young British Artists' generation? In 1989, the art dealer Karsten Schubert drew my attention to a new artist he was representing, Damien Hirst, and the four "Medicine Cabinets" he owned. They were Duchamp-like objects , in a way, because Damien’s work changed the way we look at everyday objects. He showed me the work Bodies , which came straight from his degree show, and I bought it for £600. In fact, Damien Hirst came to put it up in my flat (...). Friends and colleagues thought it was absolute rubbish, there's no question. People completely unrelated to the art market thought it was quite uncomfortable. Bodies has always produced…
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