Collecting Harrison Love
Collecting the work
For twenty five years I have painted the same thing in a hundred forms: a writing that belongs to no single alphabet, built from calligraphy and the graffiti of the city I live in. The paintings are made slowly, in Brooklyn, and they leave the studio slowly too. I would rather a painting spend its life on the wall of someone who sought it out than move quickly to someone who did not.
Reserving a painting
If a painting holds you, you can reserve it. A reservation takes the work off the market and makes it yours from that moment; I keep it safely here and deliver it when your wall is ready, whether that is next month or next year. Collectors who reserve receive a receipt and a certificate at once, and the painting's place in the record is settled from the first day.
Sponsoring the studio
Some collectors prefer to begin before they have chosen. A studio sponsorship supports the practice itself, the materials, the time, and the building of capacity for the studio's next chapter, and it stands as full credit toward any painting chosen later, including work not yet painted. It is how the next body of work gets made, and sponsors hear about new paintings before anyone else.
Where the work is going
In 2021 I founded STOA, a Brooklyn public art organization built to allow people from all walks of life be able to experience art without fear of judgement or exclusion of any kind (STOA on Instagram). Its studio, Space Station Dog, opens in Windsor Terrace in 2027, and the first exhibition there is already being painted toward. Alongside the paintings there is the book: The Hidden Way, an illustrated novel I wrote, illustrated, and typeset by a single hand, with seventeen relief print plates carved for it. The relief prints can be collected on their own, and many collectors begin there.
Begin
Every arrangement is made personally, by email, with me. Write to hloveart@gmail.com and tell me which painting, print, or possibility you are looking at. If you are not sure yet, write anyway. That is how most of these conversations start.
