For his From the Collection series (which was inaugurated in 1988), Billy Apple collaborates with private, corporate and institutional collectors to produce individualised works in various formats and mediums. These always feature the words, ‘From the collection’, but also have the name of the collector inserted so that they become inextricably linked to their owners. Though Apple always controls the graphic style of the series, owners can suggest the colour, scale and substrate to personalise their possession.