Ukukhuthazwa yirhafu ephezulu kunye neendleko zeinshurensi e-Chelsea, ukutshintsha kobugcisa beNew York, kunye neminyaka engamashumi eminyaka yobuhlobo, amagqala amagqala uStephen Haller kunye noStefan Stux bajoyina imikhosi ngokudibanisa abo babini bahlala kwiigalari zaseNew York ngokulandelelana. Igalari kaStephen Haller kwaye Igalari yeStux ukubumba Stux + Haller .
Isithuba esitsha esiziikwere ezingama-4,000 kumgangatho wesithandathu we-24 West 57th Street, kwiSakhiwo seGalari yaseNew York, sinegalari enye enkulu kunye nesithuba esincinci, esisondeleyo esivumela imisebenzi yevidiyo kunye nemiboniso yodwa eyazisa. Okwangoku babonisa uthotho lweefoto ezintsha ngumculi waseDatshi uRuud van Empel kuzo zombini iindawo. Kwaye ngelixa uluhlu lwabo bezobugcisa lubonisa ububanzi bezitayile zangoku, ukusuka ekuthabatheni nasekuthambekiseni, ii-duos ziya kuzidibanisa zenze enye, uluhlu oluhlanganisiweyo olubandakanya uAkikazu Iwamoto, Aaron Johnson, Lloyd Martin, Orlan, Johnnie Winona Ross, Kathy Ruttenberg, Mnu. van Empel, kunye noDennis Oppenheim, phakathi kwabanye
Iinkqubo zethu ziyancomeka, kwaye sabelana ngexabiso elifanayo xa kuziwa ekuhlonipheni amagcisa ethu kunye nomsebenzi wabo, utshilo uStephen Haller, xa Umjongi wadibana naye kunye nabanye abalingane abathathu begalari (Mnu. Stux, Andrea Schnabl, noCynthia Griffin Haller) kwindawo entsha.
Umnumzana Haller kunye no Mnu Stux babe ngabahlobo iminyaka emininzi. Bobabini babenezithuba zegalari eSoHo ngee-80s kunye nee-90s phambi kokuba bafudukele e-Chelsea- uStux wavula kuqala ngo-1980 (ngokukhawuleza wanyuka waba ngummeli omele amawele akwaStarn noAndres Serrano, phakathi kwamanye amagcisa) bafudukela e-Chelsea ngo-1996. UStephen Haller, owasungula iingcambu zegalari yakhe malunga no-1968, wafudukela e-Chelsea ngo-2006. Kodwa ilizwe lobugcisa laseNew York, elifana nesixeko sonke, lihamba ngebhayisikile nangolunye utshintsho lwezoqoqosho, oluchaphazela amaxabiso ezindlu nomhlaba kubemi nje. Malunga nayo yonke indawo, i-Chelsea ibandakanyiwe, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kweNkanyamba uSandy kukhawulezise utshintsho
Zombini iigalari zazikhukuliswe kakubi ngenxa yesiphango. UStephen Haller wayefumaneka kwisitalato i-540-544 West 26th kunye neStux Gallery kwi-530 West 25th Street. Baqhubeka nelahleko, baphinda bakwakha, kodwa imeko yangoku yase-Chelsea yeegaraji zangaphambili eziguqulweyo kunye nezakhiwo zeshishini ziyacothwa kancinci ukuze kuvuleke indawo ye-High Line ecaleni kweendawo eziphakamileyo kunye neendlela zokunethezeka. Abanini mhlaba bengasanikezeli ngengqeshiso yexesha elide eyayiqhelekile, abathengisi bathi, kwaye i-inshurensi yezikhukula ayisekho kwiindawo zomgangatho ophantsi. Ekugqibeleni, bazifumana bejonge kwizithuba ezikwisitalato iNtshona 57th.
Sasifuna ukuba lapho ukhuphiswano lukhona, utshilo uMnu Haller, ethetha ngesibheno se-57th Street kwizibini zozibini xa bezimisa ngokwahlukeneyo ukukhetha indawo entsha, ukuze bazifumane bekwindawo enye.
Umnumzana Stux kunye neqabane lakhe u-Andrea Schnabl bafudukele eMidtown kuqala, indawo enembali yegalari esekwe kwaye yabona ukuvuseleleka kwakhona komdla wabathengisi abazinzileyo njengoMary Boone, noMarian Goodman — eyokugqibela ingumakhelwane waseStux + Haller. Isakhiwo segalari yaseNew York. Abanye abahlobo kwi-West 57th kubandakanya uPeter Blum, uMarc Jancou, kunye noLeila Heller. Kwaye ngoku abakwaHaller balandele ngokulandelayo, bakhuthazwa ukuba bahambe kuba isakhiwo ababelane ngaso noTony Shafrazi kunye noLehmann Maupin siza kudilizwa.
I-57th ijongeka inomdla kum, utshilo uMnu Stux. Kwakunokuba yileya okanye yiChelsea, kwaye luhlobo lwentelekelelo yokuba yinyani kuba yayiyi-57th Street apho ndandifuna ukubeka iankile xa ndivula igalari yam kwiminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo.
Kwaye xa kufika ixesha lokuba i-Haller ithathe isigqibo sokuba ihlale okanye ihambe, uMnu Haller wabonisana nabazobi bakhe. Ndibuze wonke umzobi ukuba ndinomdla wokumela indlela abavakalelwa ngayo malunga negalari ehambayo… Bonke bathi naphina apho uya khona siya khona. I-Stux + Haller isayigqibezela uluhlu lwayo, kodwa uninzi lwamagcisa avela kuzo zombini iigalari ezikhethwe ukuba ziqhubeke.
Ngaphandle kokuba ufuna ukuya ngaphezulu kwenqanaba lezitalato e-Chelsea, okanye uhlawule amaxabiso e-astronomical ngezithuba ezincinci kwi-LES, ndiqikelela ukuba abantu bazokuza apha, utshilo uMnu Stux.
Kodwa iMidtown ayisiyiChelsea, kwaye ngaphezulu kokuzinza kubambiswano olutsha (inokuba yenye yezona ndawo zinde ezisebenzayo, ezabucala nezisebenza eNew York ngaphandle), iquartet kuya kufuneka ihlengahlengise isantya sendawo. E-Chelsea, ihlabathi langena emnyango wethu, uNksz Haller wasitshela. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iqela linika ingxelo yokuhamba kweenyawo ezilungileyo ukusuka kukhenketho lwegalari, ukwamkelwa okwamkelekileyo kwiimyuziyam zase-Uptown, kunye neshishini elizinzileyo elivela kubathengi abade, ngakumbi abo bahlala kule ndawo.
Nangona bengazukufumana ukuphakama kweMigca ePhakamileyo kwezi ntsuku, uMnu Stux, kunye naye wonke umntu, wonwabile ngumbono womgangatho wesithandathu. Kukho umgangatho olinganayo kwisitalato sama-57 kuba wonke umntu ungaphezulu kwenqanaba lezitalato.