Walter was pretty<\/strong> funny, for a very Oklahoma-born, Canada Dry Ginger Ale kind of guy. a lot of what was the funniest stuff went right over the audience’s ‘collective’ head, because they thought . . well, he must<\/strong> be joking, but haha no siree – he was not !!!!!<\/p>\n oh my god, how many countless<\/strong> careers did he cut short – just because he was in a bad mood !! from fighting with Charlie F !! or because he was snubbed, or just because he was bored & most likely . . . jealous, or worse . . intellectually uninspired ? though he did<\/strong> post a photo of deep sleepers \/ ghost army RIP: SIMON CERIGO, and DAN ASHER’S work . . from our ‘UNDER THE VOLCANO’ 3<\/strong> person pop-up show, of JUNE 2015, on his Instagram feed – but he didn’t<\/strong> post a photo of my<\/strong> work, huh ?!!!!<\/p>\n he did graciously let drop – that he was . . ‘sexist’ !! I mean, I am<\/strong> the one who worked<\/strong> for him, for FREE !! for 3 friggin years at artnet – producing his best cutting edge report, so you’d think, just as a courtesy ????? and trust me, though I will always<\/strong> kiss his feet – for giving me the chance to prove my presentient insights were golden bread crumbs strewn on the steep path of art collecting – when god knows, NOBODY else would, it was not<\/strong> a pain-free . . ‘workplace’.<\/p>\n he brought me to tears, 3 times !! and crowning touch: he is the guy, who in true blue New York City Anna Wintour diva style . . . finally fired me for being: “too successful” !! I wasn’t getting paid, but I had hustled ads from the new galleries I was bringing to the table: CANADA, and BILL BRADY’S ATM, just to name a few.![\"walter-robinson-alison-gingeras-jeffrey-deitch-sept-27-2016-nyc\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WALTER-ROBINSON-ALISON-GINGERAS-JEFFREY-DEITCH-SEPT-27-2016-NYC.jpg\")
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\nALISON GINGERAS, WALTER ROBINSON & JEFFREY DEITCH . . .
\nat Walter’s ‘unscripted’ !! artist talk, that took place in his traveling retrospective\/exhibit, which is now up at Deitch Projects, thru Oct 22, 2016.
\nAlison was the moderator.
\nbehind Walter, is his early ‘spin’ painting, the aptly named . . ‘Vacation from the Self’, 1986.
\nEnamel on canvas. 36 x 36 in.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI was, more than – pleasantly surprised to see my ‘used-to-have-been-mine-in-the-early-80s’ . . ‘REVENGE’ – a star of the show !!
\n(at center).
\nWALTER ROBINSON, ‘Revenge’, 1982. Acrylic on board, 40 x 30 in.<\/p>\n
\nnot to mention “not paid enough’ – even though he was the only <\/strong>one at artnet – to get a salary.
\nah, the critics’ life in NYC.
\nhe did<\/strong> let on . . that writing those ‘WEEKEND REPORTS’ (at artnet) were “hard work” . . .
\nand, thank god for … INSTAGRAM !!!!!!!!!!
\nno words needed . . here.
\nbut, he still doesn’t post anything really<\/strong> remarkable & about to blow the world apart – Walter always<\/strong> puts white bread on his sandwiches !!<\/p>\n
\nand, dammit – he is.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWALTER ROBINSON, ‘Bromo’, 1984. Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 36 in.<\/p>\n
\nbut, no.<\/p>\n
\nI mean it, and if you know me – I’m pretty hard-core from being kicked around, ignored & basically under-estimated since forever – so that’s a pretty big bottle of poison pills, to swallow. and usually it was over something stupid like . . I “had brought in too many musician photos” !!
\n“Devendra Banhart . . who ?” \/ “Joe Bradley in Cheeseburger – who ?”
\nhaha, talk about famous last words.
\nwhen I insisted the photos go up, or I go out. he bellowed: out !! & said I was giving him a headache – but sure enough, the photos would appear alive and well, kicking under my name, within the next day or so.<\/p>\n
\nI kid you not<\/strong>, his exact words.
\nand with 2 small kids to feed, and 2 days before Christmas. <\/p>\n
\n(W MAG – are you listening ?)<\/p>\n