UAndrew W.K.’s Ndiba Manzi isiciko sealbham, sidutyulwe nguRoe Ethridge.UAndrew WK / YouTube Ukuphendula i-COVID-19, igalari yeGagosian idale uthotho lweArtist Spotlight, ekhetha igcisa elinye ngeveki kwaye inomboniso wobugcisa omnye wabo othengiswayo kwiwebhusayithi yegalari kangangeeyure ezingama-48. Okwangoku, uGagosian unikezela ngomfanekiso odumileyo othathwe nguRoe Ethridge, umfoti ophumeleleyo kwezorhwebo kunye nomculi oboniswe umsebenzi wakhe kwiimyuziyam ezininzi ezibalaseleyo. Ifoto, UAndrew WK, 2000 , iyaziwa ngoko nangoko kuba yayisetyenziswa njengesigqubuthelo secwecwe lesifundo Ndiba Manzi: ibonisa iWK sodden kwaye ujonge ngqo kwikhamera, kuphuma igazi ngeempumlo.
Ngexesha lobhubhane, iigalari, iimyuziyam kunye nezindlu zeefandesi zonke bezizama ngeendlela ezintsha zokubonisa ubugcisa babo kubaphulaphuli bedijithali abafuna ukuphambuka ngeyure, amava emfundo okanye into yokuthenga. Ukhetho lukaGagosian lweWK evuselelayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo umzobo ubonakala njengeyona ndlela isebenzayo yokuthimba ingqalelo yabaphulaphuli, ngumfanekiso ekunzima ukuskrolela nje okudlulileyo.
Ukuba unomdla ekuthengeni le foto ivusa inkanuko, intle kwaye intwana ecekisekayo ekhayeni lakho, ixabiso langoku lokubuza elivela eGagosian yi- $ 20,000. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba awunalo olo hlobo lwemali, uya kuba unomdla kwibali elisemva kokuba umfanekiso ubanjiwe.
Xa u-Ethridge kunye no-WK Bahlangana ukuze badubule ifoto yokugubungela i-albhamu yamva nje ngo-1999, uW. wayenombono ocacileyo. Ndithe ndifuna imvelaphi emnyama, kwaye ndifuna ukukhanya njengebhanyabhanya, I-WK uxelelwe Usekela . Yayiconjululwe kakhulu kwaye yayinemiboniso bhanyabhanya. Kwakucacile kwaye kuyamangalisa, hayi ukukhanya kwendalo, kodwa kuthengiswa kakhulu kwaye kwenziwe. Kukho injongo kule foto. I-WK iqale ngokwenza ubuso obunomtsalane, kodwa iifoto ezibangelwe khange zibe nefuthe elifanelekileyo.
UAndrew wangena kwigumbi lokuhlambela, wenza… into ayenzileyo, kwaye uphume igazi liphuma ngempumlo, U-Ethridge ucacisile , kuthintela ngabom ukukhankanya isixhobo (ukuba sikhona) isetyenziselwa ukuvelisa umthombo wokubulala abantu. Bafothule ifoto elula kwaye abanye, njengoko besitsho, yimbali.
