Curatorial & Academic Overview

Welcome. This section provides a curatorial and academic overview of the Objects of Affection Collection. Here you will find founder information, foundational research, and an outline of the conceptual framework.

Objects of Affection Collection is a conceptual art practice and post-luxury framework founded by Anthropologist of Luxury and critical theorist critical theorist Christopher Banks. It moves beyond traditional luxury by creating 'One Original' phygital artifacts—a new category defined as Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art (PLCFA). Each pièce unique unites a physical object of unique provenance with a conceptual narrative and an immutable digital history. This practice reframes the act of acquisition into one of cultural custodianship and is at the center of a new, global conversation on the future of value, art, and 'phygital' innovation.

Founder Biography

Christopher Banks is an Anthropologist of Luxury, Critical Theorist, and the founder of the Objects of Affection Collection. As a Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Artist, his work operates at the intersection of academic theory, business innovation, and cultural practice.  

Banks’s foundational research, including his "Simulacrum of Luxury" and "Missing Mass" analyses, has diagnosed a structural void in the modern luxury market—one left by mass-produced goods and the collapse of authentic narratives.

He created the 'Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art' (PLCFA) framework as the tangible answer to this void. This new model for value, built on authenticity, narrative, and permanence, has established him as a "Hybrid Authority" defining the post-luxury movement.

Foundational Research & Publications

This collection of studies is the intellectual architecture of Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art (P.L.C.F.A.). The true artistry resides not in the finished form, but in the rigorous thinking that precedes it. These essays serve as the conceptual foundation for the practice, using a critical lens to interrogate cultural phenomena, art history, and consumer paradigms.

Selected Foundational Studies

Institutional & Curatorial Inquiries

For all curatorial, academic, and gallery partnership inquiries, please contact: curatorial@objectsofaffectioncollection.com