Posted by Parhad (148.244.221.25) on December 10, 2001 at 10:28:34:
I am stuck down here in Mexico with three children to care for. Between Jackie, Atour, Janey and John Nimrod, my career is over. All I can do now is try to ride out the storm until the trial. I came here with Janey Golani{s promise ringing in my ear...she told me not to worry, that she had several donors lined up, even corporate ones. Then I got here and they want me to sign a contract giving them full rights to the Hammurabi...this from a man who has already shown how little he understands or cares for my work...the same guy who took three of my sculptures to Ford, had them welded the way he thought best, and now lies about it, saying the work was done in his garage by a neighbor.
I am as broke as I have ever been. I am going to make offers to people I always refused to make before. If humiliating me and wrecking my career was their intention, they have about achieved it. I never gave discounts on my sculpture because I wanted to have one of us NOT make cheap things. But I am forced to now. If you know of anyone who wants any of my sculptures for half price...tell them I am ready to make them deals they wouldnt get otherwise. This is no joke.
Fred Parhad