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Forgot your Password? On their honeymoon, Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall, a com and a political theorist respectively, discovered their shared passion for art. With pun-intended Instagram account name, TheIcyGays, they have been committed to transparency by sharing their collected artworks online.

Focused on emerging women and queer artists, their growing collection has prompted them to create a gallery area in their home for more new artworks. What made you want to start collecting art? What is the main motivation behind your collecting? We independently had the collecting bug from a very early age. However, it was not until we visited a David Hockney retrospective on our honeymoon that we discovered a mutual passion for art.

Though we gay seen a lot of art in the past, it never felt so relevant and contemporary. We considered ice a Hockney print but elected instead to use the money for an original painting by an emerging artist, and quickly discovered that there were many contemporary artists creating colorful, queer, figurative works that personally resonated with us.

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Ultimately, our motivation for collecting has become to support these artists and the galleries that represent them. Why are you more interested in emerging than established artists? Both of us have always been intrigued by the latest advancements, be it in technology ice science, music and film, or social and political change.

One of the things we find so exciting about emerging art is the way it engages with the zeitgeist and crystalizes individual perspectives. Why did you com to focus your gay on women and queer artists? Is there any particular type of art that has consistently attracted you? When we purchased our first painting inwe ice not gay start with a focus.

In fact, if you had asked either of us five years ago about our favourite artistic style, it would have likely been modernism or abstract expressionism. However, as we began to collect as a couple, we realized we were frequently responding to works by female and queer artists. Indeed, we find that work by these artists often articulate contradictions within a patriarchal, heteronormative society; and by supporting these artists we hope to encourage or even amplify art as a form of social critique.

Once our collection started to expand, more specific themes of humor, intimacy, and surrealism emerged. By allowing the collection to grow organically, we are constantly surprised by the dialogue that has developed between the works. What were the first and the latest artworks you purchased?

How many artworks do you own? Where do you display your collection? Our collection has about 75 pieces, all of which are on display in our home. We are currently in the process of creating a gallery area on our lower floor to make room for new works. Have you com presented your art collection publicly?

We have yet to physically exhibit our collection.