Searching for 'oh my god' art
From around the world, five collectors of South-east Asian art share their wisdom on how to build an art collection. By HELMI YUSOF
HOWARD TAM
47, USA
Technical director of a medical technology firm
HOWARD Tam applies a simple rule of thumb when deciding whether to buy art: "I categorise art into three baskets - oh, oh my and oh my god. The oh my god is the top tier.
"I buy only works that are oh my god. Works that are oh my may slip down the list to become oh; works that are just oh may slip off the list altogether. The oh my god are the ones you should collect."
So far, that strategy has worked like a charm. The pieces belonging to his collection currently on display at Artspace@Helutrans include some extraordinary wo…
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