The Artist and the Collector   I think it was around 1976.  I was in Captiva Florida working with Bob Rauschenberg.  I was filling in for his regular assistant Peter Wirth who had fallen in love with... [Read More]

Charles Yoder “Geisterschatten” DadaPost, Nordbahnstr. 10, 13409 Berlin 14 May – 5 June 2011   There is a pattern of development for artists’ neighborhoods.  It goes somewhat like... [Read More]

The Job It was the summer of 1971 and I was living in Brooklyn. I  had decided to stay in New York, instead of returning for a third time to the same summer job in New Hampshire.  I had been the head cook at Eddie’s Steak House,... [Read More]

I met Bob Rauschenberg in late 1971 when I was working for Castelli Graphics, the gallery that sold his prints in New York.  We became friends almost immediately. This story is about a party I attended at Bob’s studio in New York... [Read More]

Define "artist." There are many stories in a man\'s life.  Al Taylor\'s life is no different.  There is the story of his conception on a Greyhound bus.  There is the mystery of his Native American blood.  There is... [Read More]

The Hoboken Eel The Hoboken Eel was a man who made a brief, but flamboyant, appearance in Tribeca some years back.  A tall, hefty man in his early 60's with gray hair.  Slavic surname that I can't remember.  Local gossip had him as... [Read More]

Five or six artists were sitting at the bar of 211, a great artist friendly bar in Tribeca.  It was late, maybe 12:30, one o\'clock . Close to closing time. Behind them the restaurant was nearly empty.  In walked a thirty something dark... [Read More]