“Art is kind of a reflection of society and an interaction with social values and experiences and whatever happens in the artist’s life. -- Enrique Chagoya
Chagoya was referring to the visual arts, where I had an unlikely involvement years ago -- as a dealer. It goes like this:
Hurricanes had followed me around for years. My friend Gus was a contractor on Sanibel-Captiva Islands off of Florida's Gulf Coast. We got to know each other because both of us had daughters who were home-schooling there at the time.
After one big storm hit the islands, Gus drove around helping people do repairs and get their lives back in order. He did it in a neighborly kind of way, not for money or anything like that.
One man he helped was named Bob. He appreciated Gus's help so much he later become a client. Bob turned out to be Robert Rauschenberg, and over the next few years, as Gus built his seaside studio, the artist paid for his work not so much with cash but with original paintings.
To make a very long story short, Gus called me and asked if knew anyone who might like to buy them. Over the next few years I managed to sell three Rauschenberg paintings for Gus, two in the States and one in France. Gus kept at least one piece for himself, which is pictured here.
(This is an excerpt from a piece I published three years ago.)
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