Donald Trump Collects Mark Gonzales’ Art | What does Gonz think about that?
Stumbled across this old interview that Rob Brink did with Mark Gonzales. Before Donald Trump started ruining the world. It has a whole bunch of fabulous Gonz wisdom in it, but the think that jumps out immediately is Donald Trump owning some of Gonz’s artwork. Shit doesn’t seem right, but as an artist you can’t really control that. Would be interesting to see if Mark’s tone has changed at all now that he’s seen what Trump has been up to as Pres. There are a lot of other artists that are in the same boat as Trump has quite the art collection. Wonder what they have to say. Many artists have publicly told Ivanka Trump to take their artwork off her walls because they’re embarrassed to be associated with the Trump family. Also of note though is that Trump is also known for stocking his expansive houses with fakes of great French-impressionist art.
Sample:
I heard that Donald Trump owns some of your art, is that true? The thought that a potential president owns your art seems interesting.
A lot of people ask me about him. I guess people know that he likes art and is interested in some of the stuff I do. I can’t control who buys my art and I don’t have too much to say about it. I signed up to vote and I don’t really even vote.
Does it feel different if somebody famous owns a piece of your art, as opposed to a regular ol’ skate rat?
It’s strange. I equate it to being a skater and the circumstances of enjoyment in skating. For example, sometimes you find a skate spot that’s really good and you’re enjoying it by yourself or maybe with a couple friends. You have a great time and then you go back to that same spot the next day and it’s gone.
When I started to do art, I realized that it’s fleeting—always changing and going. A lot of times, in the moment, I can do a fun drawing for a kid, that I’m not planning to be important. And someone else could pay me money to do a drawing for them, and it’s something that might be very small and not have the same magic or depth to it as the one I did for the kid. So it’s very difficult to explain. Some kids might have a masterpiece that I doodled for them really quickly and someone else might have one that I spent a lot of time on.
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