Stefan Simchowitz

**Stefan Simchowitz** (an haife shi a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 1970) shi ne Mai tara kayan fasaha na Los Angeles, mai kula da zane-zane, kuma mai ba da shawara kan zane-zane.  Shi mai goyon bayan murya ne na kafofin sada zumunta a matsayin hanyar da ta dace don ganowa, rarrabawa, da kuma fadada zane-zane masu kyau, da farko ta amfani da Facebook da Instagram a matsayin dandamali don inganta kai, gano sabbin masu fasaha, da kuma amincewa da waɗanda ya riga ya sarrafa.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
Simchowitz ya shafe shekarunsa na farko a Afirka ta Kudu, amma in ba haka ba ya rayu a yarantaka. Ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Stanford tare da digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki, ya kammala shirin cikin shekaru uku. Ba da daɗewa ba, ya halarci Cibiyar Fim ta Amurka a Los Angeles. Simchowitz zai ci gaba da samarwa da mataimakin samar da fina-finai goma sha biyar.

## Ayyuka
Simchowitz ya yi imanin cewa tattaunawa a kan kafofin sada zumunta suna da tasiri a kan duniyar fasaha wanda za'a iya kwatanta shi da sauran forums na canonical don tattaunawar fasaha da halatta, gami da sake dubawa na fasaha da masu sukar suka rubuta don mahimman wallafe-wallafen. Magoya bayansa suna ganin hanyar da ta damu da rarraba yawan tsarin da ke ganewa da samar da masu fasaha masu inganci. Da yawa daga cikinsu, ciki har da, amma ba a iyakance su ga Sterling Ruby ba, Oscar Murillo, Paa Joe, Lucien Smith, Petra Cortright, Zachary Armstrong, Kour Pour, Jon Rafman, da Marc Horowitz duk Stefan Simchowitz ne ya ba su shawara. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2015, an sanya shi a matsayi na 95 a cikin Art Review Magazine's POWER 100, jerin sunayen "mutanen da suka fi tasiri a duniyar fasaha ta zamani" 

Stefan Simchowitz ya shiga cikin aikin haɗin gwiwa wanda ya haɗa da yin aiki da fasaha, ba da shawara kan fasaha da tattara fasaha. Ya yi imanin cewa "alchemy na fasaha shine cewa ba kawai mai zane ne ke samar da aikin ba amma mai kallo da masu sauraro ne ke inganta fasahar a cikin yanayin sa zuwa samfurin da aka inganta. "  Saboda haka, da zarar ya gano wani matashi, mai basira, wanda ba a san shi ba wanda zai yi aiki tare da shi, sai ya fara samar da kasuwa a gare su da aikinsu, wanda a ƙarshe ya sa farashin. Wannan bangare na aikinsa yana aiki ba kamar na gallery na fasaha ba. A halin yanzu, Simchowitz yana ba da rawar mai kulawa ga mai zane, yana ba su kudaden da ake buƙata don rayuwa, kula da ɗakin karatu na cikakken lokaci da samar da aiki. Ya yi imanin cewa dole ne mai zane ya himmatu ga aikin kirkirar su na cikakken lokaci kuma cewa wahalar kudi, da kuma buƙatar samun iyaka, na iya zama da lahani ga ƙalubalen yin fasaha mai kyau. Koyaya, don musayar biyan lissafin, Simchowitz ya sayi duk wani sabon aiki a ragi.

Simchowitz ya sami kulawa lokacin da wani labarin Bloomberg na 2014 game da hasashe a kasuwar fasaha ta zamani ya ba da rahoton sayen zane-zane 34 da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na Colombian Oscar Murillo  kusa da farkon aikinsa a farkon shekarun 2000, yana biyan kuɗi kamar US $ 1,500 don wasu zane-zane.  Tun daga wannan lokacin, tsakanin 2012 da 2014, darajar aikin Murillo ya karu da kusan kashi 3,000. A cikin yanayin siyarwa na yanzu, wani abu na musamman na mai zane na iya yin umurni har zuwa US $ 400,000 a siyarwa. Koyaya, Simchowitz da wuya ya sayar da aikin da ya tattara, kuma a halin yanzu yana zaune a kan tarin ayyukan zamani sama da 1,500 waɗanda yake darajar kansa a kusan dala miliyan 30, tare da "kashi biyar na ayyukan da ke da kashi hamsin na darajar".

Baya ga ma'amala da tattarawa, Simchowitz yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan fasaha. Yana aiki da jerin abokan ciniki waɗanda yake ba da shawara game da sayen fasahar zamani, yana ba da shawara, ba kawai a kan ayyukan da masu zane-zane suka samar a ƙarƙashin wakilcinsa ba, har ma a kan fasahar da ba ta kai ga kai tsaye ba (abubuwa yawanci don siyarwa a gallery da gidajen siyarwa).

Simchowitz sanannen mai daukar hoto ne, yana bayyana aikinsa a matsayin "The Simcoportrait". Simcoportrait wani nau'i ne na daukar hoto wanda ya rushe takardun komai da komai cikin abu ɗaya - wannan ya haɗa da rayuwa, wuri mai faɗi, titi, hoton kansa, da daukar hoto. Simcoportrait hoto ne kawai na batun a cikin kowane nau'in daukar hoto da zai iya fada. Abin da ba a saba gani ba game da aikinsa shi ne cewa yana tare da shi a ko'ina a matsayin takardun rayuwa a ƙarƙashin mai daukar hoto na yau da kullun. Akwai horo na al'ada ga ɗaukar hotonsa da yin hoto wanda aka nuna a cikin tilasta wa mutum kamawa da ƙirƙirar. An buga "Simcoportraits" na Simchowitz a cikin Flaunt da Vogue . 

A ranar 6 ga Maris, 2021, Simchowitz ya buɗe tashar zane-zane ta farko a ƙarƙashin sunansa, Simchowitz.com . 

## Sauran Kasuwanci

### Mai gabatarwa
Bayan kwaleji, Simchowitz ya fara kamfanin Samar da fim-finai da ke da alhakin fina-fallace da gajerun fina-falanni da yawa, kamar wasan kwaikwayo na Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream . 

#### Hotunan fina-finai

* Farewell (2011) 
* Lula (2007) 
* Dajin (2006) 
* Har sai Muryar Dan Adam ta farka mana (2002) 
* Ka Ka Ka Ka Yi Ta... Ita Faransanci ce (2002) 
* Requiem for a Dream (2000) 
* Wasikar Ƙauna (1999) 
* Ba da daɗewa ba (1999) 
* Guinevere (1999) 
* Yahuza Kiss (1998) 
* Starstruck (1998) 
* Mai faɗakarwa (1997) 
* Little City (1997) 
* Gidan Yes (1997) 
* Johns (1996) 
* Kungiyar Chili Con Carne (1995) 

#### MediaVast
A cikin 1999, Simchowitz ya kafa mai ba da abun ciki na gani MediaVast . Daga baya a cikin 2007, Getty Images ta sayi kamfanin don rahoton dala miliyan 207. A lokacin sayarwa, wurin ajiya yana da kusan hotuna miliyan 8.5. 

### Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka ta 2024
A watan Oktoba na 2023, Simchowitz ya bayyana takararsa a zaben Sanata na Amurka na 2024 a California a matsayin dan jam'iyyar Republican mai tsakiya. Da farko ya yi kamfen game da Rashin gida da kuma imaninsa cewa buga ƙarin kuɗi zai ba kowa damar rayuwa cikin kwanciyar hankali. Ya yarda cewa yana da ƙananan damar cin nasara, wannan ya tabbatar da gaskiya yayin da ya gama 25th daga cikin 'yan takara 31 a cikin farar hula tare da 0.1% na kuri'un.

## Rikici
Simchowitz sanannen manufa ne ga masu sukar da ke da'awar cewa sha'awarsa ta musamman don inganta matasa, masu zane-zane da ba a gano su ba ta hanyar samun manyan ayyukan aikinsu don daga baya su juya don riba, yana lalata ayyukan da aka kafa na duniyar fasaha - tsohuwar shekaru, tsarin ƙayyade darajar da ke kunshe da cibiyar sadarwa mai tsayi da tsayi na masu sukar, wallafe-wallafen, jami'o'i, gidajen tarihi da gallery waɗanda ke bayyana yanayin fasahar 'mai kyau'. Ya rushe kafa kafa ta hanyar sayar da aka tsara shi kai tsaye ga masu cinikinsa masu aminci.

A cikin kafofin watsa labarai, ya sami yabo mai yawa da kuma zargi mai tsanani. An kira shi Michael Milken na duniyar fasaha,  da kuma "Ubangijin Sith daga Brotherhood of Darkness, "  ta Jerry Saltz. Rubutun Art Review a kan Simchowitz ya bayyana cewa "idan duniyar fasaha tana buƙatar Howard Stern, Ari Gold, Donald Trump, ta sami 'Simcho': mai girman kai, mai jin yunwa amma mai tarawa-mai ba da shawara-mai siyarwa ...". Andrew M. Goldstein na Artspace ya yi jayayya cewa "hanyar da yake da ita wajen tattara da kuma kula da masu zane-zane ta hanyar tsari ta soke - ta halaka - jerin imani da ke kan tushe na duniya mai mahimmanci, ma'aikata, da tsarin kasuwanci na Simchowitz. "  Halin kasuwanci na gaskiya da gaskiya ya sa wasu suyi imani cewa kawai yana cire mayafin ayyukan da aka ɓoye a baya a cikin duniyar fasaha. Marc Spiegler, darektan Art Basel, ya danganta nasarar Simchowitz ga gaskiyar cewa yana yin daidai abin da gallery ke yi, sai dai a wani gagarumin shirin, kuma cewa "ya ɗauki kasuwa da aka gina a kan opacity kuma ya kasance mafi bayyane. Ya tafi ɗakin mai zane; ya sanya abubuwa a kan Instagram. "  Spiegler ya nuna aikin Simchowitz kamar yadda yake aiki da gallery na baya, a cikin cewa yana da damar shiga cikin tushen mai tarawa. Saboda haka, an bayyana tsarin a matsayin canji a cikin yanayin Fasahar zamani, yayin da yake dacewa da tarihin tarihin masana'antu da yawa.

A cikin 2013, tare da mai zane-zane na Dublin Ellis King, Simchowitz ya kai karar dan wasan Ghana Ibrahim Mahama. Masu siyarwa sun biya Mahama, amma sun ki tabbatar da ayyukan da suka samar daga shigarwar Mahama na jakunkunan kwal na Ghana. A cikin 2016, Simchowitz ya zauna tare da Mahama . 

A cikin 2017 ƙungiyar zane-zane ta Dutch Keeping It Real Art Critics ta buga wani shirin fim game da Simchowitz a ƙarƙashin ɓoyewar kasancewa ma'aikatan talabijin na Jamus.

## Manazarta