{"id":376915,"date":"2021-12-05T05:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/former-giants-linebacker-keith-rivers-now-a-giant-in-art-world\/"},"modified":"2021-12-05T05:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:10:14","slug":"former-giants-linebacker-keith-rivers-now-a-giant-in-art-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/former-giants-linebacker-keith-rivers-now-a-giant-in-art-world\/","title":{"rendered":"#Former Giants linebacker Keith Rivers now a giant in art world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Former Giants linebacker Keith Rivers now a giant in art world<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He wants to be a \u201cGiant\u201d in the art world too. <\/p>\n<p>Former Giants linebacker Keith Rivers once collected sacks, but the 35-year-old retired NFLer \u2014 a noted art connoisseur for a decade \u2014 now wants to open his own museum.<\/p>\n<p>His dream institution would feature work from artists of color and be \u201clike the Barnes Collection,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/keith-rivers\/\">he told Introspective Magazine<\/a>, referring to the late Dr. Albert C. Barnes\u2019  $20 billion collection in Philadelphia \u2014 one of the most valuable private collections in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Rivers\u2019 notable art hoard features the works of Canadian filmmaker-essayist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jonrafman.com\/\">Jon Rafman<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jonrafman.com\/\">,<\/a> Brazilian titan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mutualart.com\/Artist\/Arjan-Martins\/F8DC70AF9450B404\">Arjan Martins<\/a>, and Afro-Caribbean powerhouse <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mendeswooddm.com\/en\/artist\/sonia-gomes\">Sonia Gomes<\/a>. Rivers also sits on the boards of several prestigious museums, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hammer.ucla.edu\/\">the Hammer Museum at UCLA<\/a> and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hirshhorn.si.edu\/\">Hirshhorn in Washington, DC<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first started collecting, I wasn\u2019t as serious as I am now. I got caught up in \u2018zombie formalism,&#8217;\u201d he said, referring to the practice of buying pricey art just because the market values it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Keith Rivers and his art collection at his Hollywood home in Los Angeles \" class=\"wp-image-20376528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0270.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Rivers\u2019 artwork is on display in his Hollywood home. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brian Guido<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was buying more with my ears than with my eyes. Then, I realized I wasn\u2019t doing my own thing. So, I put my time in and started really looking at art,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>A top-10 draft pick out of USC for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2008, Rivers also played linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and two seasons (2012, 2013) with the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, his rookie year in the pros, Rivers dipped his toe into the art world waters, visiting the Museum of Modern Art to see a Claes Oldenburg exhibition, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/buyers-guide\/keith-rivers-1993529\">artnet reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It was that show that moved him to acquire his first piece, an Andy Warhol\u00a0\u201cElectric Chair\u201d print. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0317.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Keith Rivers and his art collection at his Hollywood home in Los Angeles.\" class=\"wp-image-20376529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0317.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0317.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-0317.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rivers may have retired from football, but still gets pumped up for his next art score.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brian Guido<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An \u201cElectric Chair\u201d silkscreen ink on paper 17 1\/2 by 22 5\/8 inch print sold in May 2009 by the Phillips auction house in New York had an estimated value of $12,000 to $15,000, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillips.com\/detail\/andy-warhol\/NY010309\/179?fromSearch=andy&amp;searchPage=11\">but went for $31,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Rivers\u2019 collection has grown to include sculptures, paintings and video works from living artists John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Kerry James Marshall, Rafman and Kara Walker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no definitive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> for my collection,\u201d Rivers told artnet. \u201cI tend to look for art that can be in conversation with the other works I\u2019ve collected throughout the years, or aspire to one day collect.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rivers took his collecting to another level after attending the annual Swiss spectacular art fair Basel in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giants-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Giants #55 Keith Rivers during practice at the Giants training facility in East Rutherford New Jersey.\" class=\"wp-image-20376530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giants-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giants-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giants-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rivers played two seasons with the Giants.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cArt Basel is like the Super Bowl of art,\u201d Rivers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/keith-rivers\/\">told Introspective<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>-changer for the former college All-American was when his art advisor underscored that, \u201cGreat collectors are made by getting \u2018eye mileage\u2019 from looking at a lot of art,\u201d he told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Rivers made it his duty to visit a different museum in every state as he amassed his impressive collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Rivers playbook? \u201cI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly try to buy and support living artists. I go to New York regularly and see gallery exhibitions. I will go anywhere to see a show. I prefer museum shows because that\u2019s where you are seeing what\u2019s \u2018important,\u201d he told Introspective.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giatnts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"New York Giants #55 Keith Rivers during practice at the Giants training facility in East Rutherford New Jersey.\" class=\"wp-image-20376535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giatnts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giatnts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giatnts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/keith-rivers-giatnts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Rivers\u2019 collection has grown to include sculptures, paintings and video works from many artists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His Beverly Hills digs include oversize works by Rafman, a textile-based sculpture by Gomes and French visual artist Cyprien Gaillard.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Rivers, who declined comment for this story, may have retired from football at 29, but still gets pumped up for his next art score. <\/p>\n<p>Who does he want to tackle next? \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/exhibition\/etel-adnan-lights-new-measure\">Etel Adnan<\/a>,\u201d he told Introspective, referring to the  late 96-year-old Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist who died Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love her work. I have had my eye on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.52walker.com\/exhibition\/kandis-williams-a-line?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=desc&amp;utm_campaign=KW52WSHOW2021&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAvriMBhAuEiwA8Cs5ldIsdb-C_veadxeI06NptzklEIHnIfHDepKglq-OrFypT36rlnJ5_xoCIqQQAvD_BwE\">Kandis Williams,<\/a> too. I did a studio visit with her and thought she was brilliant,\u201d he told the mag of the acclaimed 36-year-old artist, author, and curator.<\/p>\n<p>He continued:  \u201cI would love to buy another Warhol, because he influenced so many artists \u2014 consumerism and hero worship are still alive and well!<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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