Incwadi entsha kaJohn McEnroe ityhila ubugcisa bakhe behlabathi.Iifoto zikaJoel Ford / i-Getty Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe lwencwadi yakhe entsha, Kodwa ngokunyanisekileyo , UJohn McEnroe wavuna ingqwalaselo enkulu kuvavanyo lwakhe lwamathuba kaSerena Williams kwinkundla yentenetya ngokuchasene nokhuphiswano oluphambili lwamadoda ehlabathi. Kodwa abalahlekileyo kwingxwabangxwaba yayingamabali awathethayo encwadini ngamava akhe kwilizwe lobugcisa. Ababandakanyi kuphela amanye amagama amakhulu, kodwa kufuneka banike abathengi ikhefu.
Ukuvezwa kukaMcEnroe kubugcisa obuxabisekileyo kwafika kwangoko: eStanford waba ngumhlobo osondeleyo nomzukulwana kaNorton Simon, uDoug, kwaye ubhala ngokundwendwela ikhaya losapho nokuba kwinkampani kaMatisses nasePicassos. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, uMcEnroe wayeza kudibana nomsebenzi waseBasquiat xa wayengumculi ozayo.
Ukubaliswa kwamabali kaMcEnroe kuyahlaziya, kwaye njengokuba kwakunjalo xa wayesenkundleni, uphawu lwentengiso yakhe ulwimi olungenangqondo luthandeka ngokungaqhelekanga. Ukhumbula ukubona iLichtenstein okokuqala kwaye ecinga ukuba yinto engekhoyo leyo. Kwaye, xa uSimon ecebisa ukuba atyale enye yemisebenzi yaseBasquiat kwangoko, uMcEnroe waphendula ukuba andizukuhlawula iwaka leedola ngesi siqwenga. Namhlanje unento athi uyayithanda.
Ukwabalisa ngokudibana kwakhe noAndy Warhol, owathi uMcEnroe wamcaphukisa. UWarhol wamngcungcutheka kwii-disco ezithandwayo zelo xesha, efaka iifoto njengepaparazzi eqhelekileyo. Ikhuthaze intiyo ethile kuMcEnroe, owayesele engawuthandi umsebenzi wegcisa. Ngexesha lokuba nangona ubugcisa bakhe babusisiqhwala, wakhumbula. Kodwa yintoni endiyaziyo? Ndandisemncinci. Kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba uWarhol asweleke, uMcEnroe wacela ithuba lokuba abe nomfanekiso wakhe opeyintwe nguWarhol. Uphumelele ngexabiso lama- $ 30,000. UWarhol wapenda uMcEnroe kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ngelo xesha, umlingisi uTatum O'Neal. Emva koko wayithengisa nge-440,000 yeedola.
Ukufunyanwa kukaMcEnroe kutyalo-mali lobugcisa bekungasoloko kuthatha ithuba elinjalo elinenzuzo. Ngapha koko, ibonakalise ukuba inzima kakhulu kune-Warhol's Polaroid-stalking. Uchaza ingxubakaxaka eyathengwa yimifanekiso nguLarry Salander. Ngo-2004 uSalander wamnceda ukuba atyale imali kwimizobo emibini ngu-Arshile Gorky, IPirate I kwaye IPirate II— okanye wayecinga njalo . Ngaphandle kwemvume kaMcEnroe, uSalander wahamba ethengisa umdla kwezobugcisa, ebangela ukuba abantu abaninzi bakholelwe ukuba nabo banemisebenzi kaMcEnroe. Kwavela ukuba uLarry wenze i Abavelisi uhlobo lwento, apho wayeye khona 50/50 nomnye umfana ngokunjalo, ngubani owaphela ukuhlawula kabini kunoko ndenzayo ngelixa uLarry engazange anikele ngekhulu, ibhala le-tennis.
UMcEnroe uqhubeka nokuveza ukuba uSalander wayedlale imidlalo efanayo noRobert De Niro, athe naye waneengxoxo ezininzi apho sizama ukuhleka kunokuba sikhale ngale nto.
Ekugqibeleni, abaphandi bafumanisa ukuba uSalander uchithe imali engange- $ 125 yezigidi zobugcisa. UMcEnroe uchaza ukubandakanyeka kwakhe kuwo wonke umcimbi njengoko ifilimu kaSteve Martin ilinde ukuba yenzeke.
Ukuthethwa kukaMartin kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwenzeka ngokungathandabuzekiyo, kodwa wakhetha umdlali ogqibeleleyo wendima. UMartin-olungelelanise umboniso kwiMyuziyam yaseBoston yoBugcisa, wabhala umsebenzi oyimpumelelo weentsomi Into yobuhle esekwe kumlingisi wehlabathi wobugcisa, kwaye unengqokelela eqikelelweyo kwilungelo lakhe-ihlawule i $ 860,000 kwigalari yaseParis ngomzobo ekuthiwa nguHeinrich Campendonk. Imbonakalo yelizwe enamahashe (Imbonakalo-mhlaba namaHashe) wajoyina imisebenzi kaPicasso, uFrancis Bacon, no-Edward Hopper kwiindonga zikaMartin. Kwamiselwa kamva (njengoko ndicacisa Ubugcisa beCon ) ukuba uMartin's Campendonk enziwe ngumlobi waseJamani uWolfgang Beltracchi, owadala inqwaba yezinto ezazikhohlisa iingcali zaseYurophu nakwezinye iindawo.
Okwangoku, amava kaMcEnroe noSalander awamshiyanga ngokupheleleyo. Uyaqhubeka nokuqhuba igalari: IJohn McEnroe Gallery (yohambo olubuyela kwiminyaka ye-90 ye-intanethi, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yayo yingcangcangine.com ). Indawo yaseSoho ivuliwe ngokuqeshwa kuphela, kwaye ikwindawo enye apho umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni kunye nentshatsheli awayekuyo kwintenetya, uVitas Gerulaitis ongasekhoyo, wamthatha njengomfana oselula ukuba aphonononge ezobugcisa besi sixeko-emva kokuqala ukumazisa kwi-Studio 54 , kunjalo.
Njengoko uMcEnroe echaza kwincwadi yakhe, usenokuba ukhule ngakumbi kwaye ubambekile kubugcisa, kwaye ngenxa yoko akaqondi ubuhle kuphela kodwa ishishini lobugcisa behlabathi. Ukujonga awona magama makhulu ebaleni ngoku, ubhala, into ebagcina inyathelo eliya phambili kukhuphiswano ayisiyobugcisa babo kuphela, yinto yokuba ngamnye kubo ngusomashishini oqaqambileyo owaziyo ukukhulisa buya kwiitalente zabo. Ukuba uyasiqonda esi sisalathiso esihle sokuba uJohn McEnroe uhambe indlela ende ukusuka kumsindo omkhulu kodwa ongalawulekiyo wokuphosa inkwenkwezi yentenetya sonke siyakhumbula.
U-Anthony Amore yingcali eyaziwayo kwilizwe liphela kwicandelo lolwaphulo-mthetho kwezobugcisa. Amava akhe aquka ukukhonza njengomphandi oyintloko we-Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum kwinto enkulu yobusela behlabathi, nakwiindima zobunkokeli neSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya. Upapashe iincwadi ezimbini ezithengisa kakhulu kwaye uku-Twitter @anthony_m_amore.
