UFrances Beatty e-ofisini yakhe eFeigen Gallery, engqongwe nguRay Johnson esebenza (Ifoto: Emily Assiran for Braganca). UFrances Beatty uhlala kwigumbi eliqhekezayo kwi-Upper East Side evakalelwa kukuba sisiqingatha semyuziyam, ikhaya elinesiqingatha. I-Nooks kunye neekhenikhi zininzi, njengoko kunjalo neefoto zosapho, iincwadi kunye neebhodi zomgangatho ezikhetha ukugcoba ngamanye amaxesha. Kodwa nasekhaya, abelana ngalo nomyeni wakhe u-Allen Adler, uhlala eqokelele ubugcisa obumangalisayo, apho imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nepeyinti iboniswa ngendlela engafaniyo nendlela umntu anokugcina ngayo isikhumbuzo kwiholide yosapho. Indlu, njengomnini wayo, inefizsi enomtsalane.
Ke xa uNks.Beatty, ongumongameli kaRichard L. Feigen & Co iibhloko ezimbalwa ezantsi kwi-East 69th Street, wavula umnyango wakhe waya kuMkhangeli ngeli hlobo langekothusi ukuba siqale ngotyelelo. Ukubeka iglasi ebandayo ye-cranberry spritzer ngobuqhophololo kufutshane neqela lokushicilela okudala kwe-Master Master, umthengisi wakhawuleza wazisa kwiintsomi zokufumana ii-bronzes zaseNtshona kunye neengqayi zenkulungwane ye-17, ezinye zazo zazibekwe kwitafile ye-antique ngasemnyango wangaphambili. Akukho intshi yendawo yedonga engatyhilwanga.
Sinengqokelela ye-eccentric, utshilo uNks.Beatty, etyityimbisela umnwe kuGoya oxhonywe kufutshane nePicasso, uCindy Sherman, kunye nodonga olupheleleyo lwemisebenzi yengcali engaphantsi komhlaba uRay Johnson, odla ngokubizwa njengegcisa elingaziwayo. Le ngqokelela yobugcisa,
Xa uRichard Feigen emxelela ukuba angangumthengisi obalaseleyo kwezobugcisa, uFrances Beatty wathi: ‘Ndacinga ngaphakathi kum, Oko kufana nokuba ngumthengisi weziyobisi — kubi kakhulu.’
eyakhelwe kunye nomyeni wakhe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30, enkosi kuhlobo lwamehlo kuphela kumthengisi obona kakhulu yonke into anokuba nayo. Unks.Beatty, obekhokele kwisebe lezobugcisa lasemva kwemfazwe nasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 eFeigen okoko wajoyina igalari phakathi kwiminyaka yee-80s, uzinikele kakhulu ekusebenzeni namagama afana noJames Rosenquist (naye osondele Umhlobo), uFrank Stella kunye noRay Johnson ongasekhoyo.
Emva kokuba efundele imbali yezobugcisa eVassar, UNks Beatty wayekwindlela kwisizukulwana esidlulileyo sokuba ngunjingalwazi kwi-alma mater yakhe. Kodwa ngelixa ukujoyina isebe kwakulilungelo elikhulu, watsho, wayeyintombazana engatshatanga eyokuhlala ePoughkeepsie. Kanye ngelo xesha, uRichard Feigen, mhlawumbi umthengisi ophambili wesizwe kwimizobo ye-Old Master, owayejonge ukwandisa ishishini lakhe kubugcisa bamva nje, wamnika umsebenzi.
[URichard] uthe, 'Ndicinga ukuba ungangumthengisi omkhulu wobugcisa.' Ndaye ndacinga ngaphakathi, 'Oko kufana nokuba ngumthengisi weziyobisi-yinto embi leyo,' UNksk. Beatty waqhula, edlala ilokhwe yotshintsho oluhlaza lekalika kunye nokubetha okuhle. yomile. Kodwa ndathi ndaphila ixesha elide, ndacinga, 'Ndizakuzama oku.'
Kwakungo-1986 xa, phambi kweentsuku zika-Larry Gagosian et al., UMnu.Feigen wayehamba enqumla echibini laseConcorde, umthengi owaziwayo kwiifandesi eYurophu nase-US (waye malunga nomntu wokuqala kwilizwe lobugcisa iselfowni), ukurhweba ngeemyuziyam kunye neemogul. Ngapha koko, igama elithi Feigen lalinobunzima obuninzi kwiminyaka ye-1980 kunye neye-1990 yobugcisa kangangokuba wade wavela njengaye kwi-Oliver Stone Idonga isitalato . UMnu. Feigen uchaze uNksk Beatty emnxebeni oya kuMjonga njengowona mthengisi oqondayo nonamandla. Esebenzisa elona lizwe liphezulu lokuncoma, wongeze wathi: Uneliso elihle kakhulu. UChuck Vala kunye no-Anna Banana Isiqwenga sobugcisa beposi, c. I-1980s (Ifoto ngoncedo lukaRichard L. Feigen & Co / uRay Johnson Estate).
Eminye yemisebenzi emininzi kwingqokelela yobuqu kaNks Beatty, efikelela kwikhaya lelizwe, ngabahlobo. Umzobo ovela kuJames Rosenquist, obize uNks Beatty umntu onamandla kakhulu oye wabona ubungqina, uninzi lweziganeko zehlabathi, uxhonywe kwigumbi eliphambili, umzekelo. Mininzi imizobo, nanjengoko uNkosazana Beatty ebengusihlalo obambiseneyo weZiko lokuDweba elisezidolophini iminyaka, umahluko kunye nokuzinikela okumzuzileyo waphumelela imbasa yoMlawuli kwiziko.
Mhlawumbi kufutshane nentliziyo yomthengisi nangona kunjalo, liqela lakhe elihle likaRay Johnsons. Ewe kunjalo, kunqabile ukuba kubekhona iqhina lobugcisa elisondeleyo phakathi komthengisi kunye nomculi omelwe lilifa lakhe ngoku.
Umculi we-avant-garde owazalelwa eDetroit, owayefunda kwiKholeji yaseBlack Mountain kwaye waxhoma apho kunye nokuthandwa nguJohn Cage, wayengumdlali okhutheleyo kwindawo yobugcisa edolophini yaseNew York kwii-50s nakwi-60s. Mhlawumbi waziwa kakhulu ngobugcisa bemeyile. Le Dada-esque collage isebenza, apho uJohnson wadala amakhulu (ukuba ayingamawaka), ekuqaleni yathunyelwa nguye kuluhlu oluncinci lokuposa olwalubandakanya abaculi abanjengoChuck Close noJohn Baldessari. Abamkeli babekhuthazwa ngokudlala ukuba bongeze kwimisebenzi, bayitshintshe nangayiphi na indlela abanqwenela ngayo, (ngamanye amaxesha, bekukho izikhombisi-ndlela ezinje ngokongeza iinwele kwiCher, emva koko ubuyele kumthumeli, okanye udlulise nje). Ukuphela kobomi bakhe uJohnson wayenze intshukumo yobugcisa bemeyile kwilizwe liphela kuthungelwano olubanzi. URay Johnson noAndy Warhol (Ifoto ngoncedo lukaBilly Igama).
Kumashumi eminyaka, i-magnus opus kaJohnson iye yanendima ebalulekileyo ekubumbeni umsebenzi kaNks Beatty eFeigen. Ndizamile ukwenza umboniso iminyaka eli-14, eli-15. Ndizamile ngamandla, utshilo uNkskz Beatty. Kodwa uRay wayenqabile kwaphela. Ukuhamba yedwa, kunqabile ukuba uJohnson avume kwimiboniso, eshiya uNks Beatty kunye noMnu Feigen ukuba baqhubeke nokuthandana naye.
Ngalo lonke ixesha ndimmela, bekungekho lula ukufika kuye. Wayefuna ukuba neentloni kwaye angacaci, uMnu Feigen wangqina. [Kodwa] uFrances wazibandakanya kakhulu nomsebenzi wakhe phambi kokuba andijoyine, kwaye sijonga uRay njengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo kwixesha lasemva kwemfazwe.
Okubuhlungu kukuba, igcisa labuthatha ubomi bakhe ngo-1995 eneminyaka engama-67 ngokuntywila emanzini eSag Harbour kwaye uqubha ulwandle.
Ngoku, ubugcisa bukaJohnson-okwangoku buxabisa phakathi kwe- $ 12,000- $ 150,000-bunomzuzwana. Iphetshana leposi likaJohnson libandakanyiwe kwi-Performa 15 yokusebenza yobugcisa be-biennial ezayo-UFrances weza kuthi ngayo, kwaye ngoku kukho iimfumba zeposi kuyo yonke idesika eofisini yethu, utshilo umsunguli wePerforma uRoseLee Goldberg. (Ukuthatha inxaxheba kule projekthi, yiya ku performa-arts.org ), Emva koko, uvimba wakhe uyaqhubeka nokukhula.
Inkqubo ye- Inew York Amaxesha Kutshanje ubize ubugcisa bakhe bemeyile ezityikityiweyo njengendoda enye kumajelo eendaba angaphambi kwe-Intanethi, kwaye kunyaka ophelileyo ubone imiboniso emine yomsebenzi wakhe kwisiXeko saseNew York kuphela. Inombulelo, ngaphandle kwenxalenye encinci, kwiinzame zikaNks Beatty njengomongameli weRay Johnson Estate.
Kucacile ngethoni yehlombe UNks Beatty ayisebenzisayo ukuxoxa ngomsebenzi wakhe ukuba ubona ilifa likaJohnson elikhulayo njengenye yezona zinto azenzileyo. Emva kokubhubha kwakhe, yayinguNks uBeatty owanikwa umsebenzi wokudibanisa oovimba. Ubonisa into awayeyishiya ngasemva njengemqolomba ka-Ali Baba, kunye ne-cornucopia yezixhobo, amabali, imisebenzi yobugcisa kunye nezinto awayezishiyelwe ukuba azidlale nazo ekugqibeleni zakhokelela kuxwebhu lwe-2002 Uyizoba njani iBunny . Kodwa ngelixa yayidunyiswa ngokunzulu, umthengisi wakhawuleza ukubonisa ukuba kufuneka acele, aboleke kwaye abambe, ukuze anyuse imali. Kwakunjalo, ngamanye amagama, umsebenzi wothando.
Xa uMboniseli wayetyelele uNks Beatty kwiofisi yakhe enkulu kumgangatho ophezulu wegalufa yeFeigen, wayephakathi komboniso wabo Nceda ubuyele ku: Ubugcisa bemeyile obuvela kwiRay Johnson Archive. Ichaphazeliwe eludongeni zizinto ezingenakubalwa zobugcisa bemeyile zikaJohnson: ikholaji enye ibonise umama kamama wamazambane kaFred Astaire, enye ileta eyayibhalelwe uMyuziyam uTussauds wax museum eLondon. UJim Rosenquist kunye no-Elaine de Kooning imeyile engabhalwanga
isiqwenga sobugcisa, c. I-1980s (Ifoto ngoncedo lukaRichard L. Feigen & Co / uRay Johnson Estate).
Njengoko ugcino lukaJohnson luqhubeka lukhula, UNks Beatty akaboni siphelo xa kufikwa ekunikezeleni ngexesha lakhe kwilifa likaJohnson. URay wayezibandakanya kakhulu emva konyaka we-1974, yiyo loo nto wabizwa ngokuba ngumculi odumileyo ongaziwayo. Kancinci kancinci, wayeka ukuphuma emhlabeni ngokungxama ngelixa ebhala bonke obu bugcisa bemeyile, wathi ngelixa egibisela iitemplate zikaRay Johnson zobugcisa. Kusekho iibhokisi esingazivulanga.
Ngenxa yohlobo lobugcisa alwenzayo, kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu, uhlobo lwabantu awayebazi, ubugcisa bukaRay Johnson buhlala buhleli. UFrances Beatty uyaziqhenya ngaloo nto.
