He lives im my town in filthy and horded condition. His art is somewhat known for his, from memory, depiction of NYC skyline. It survived a fall on the Dow Jones when 9/11 happened.
I know the detail autistic art can produce and the purist and most detailed drawing may raise enough to change his living conditions. He had never been diagnosed with Asperger autism, yet, I have the genes of a rare high functioning autism and I more than know he is low social functioning, yet, as we know in autistic art, he is not low functioned at all.
Some people like to say they are high functioned autistic. I had the OCD drive to need to know for sure. I am HLA DQ8 positive and am aware of the process that makes high functioning in socially outcast intelligence. Calcium deposit between neurons in the brain, due to lack of vitamin D absorption.
I do not need the help this good hearted and outcast man needs. Is there anyone online reading this question and know these type of situations truly exist? Do you know people interested in an entire gallery of undiscover autistic masterpieces?
This man couldn%26#039;t even sell gold for 10% value due to lack of social grace. He is kind and goofy!|||I have every sympathy for your friend, and the frustrations of being autistic in a mostly non-autistic world. I know several autistic people (mostly young men), of varying types and degrees, and it%26#039;s just not easy.
The big question about your friend%26#039;s art is: is his stuff any good?
We here on Y!A can%26#039;t tell you that. Especially without seeing it, or pictures of it. Professional art dealers and museum gallery curators can tell you, if you can get access and their personal attention. That%26#039;s easier said than done: like all the rest of us, they are very busy people, and they can%26#039;t often find the time to help everyone who asks. They also earn their livings doing this work, and unless you want to pay for a professional opinion, they may be very reluctant to %26quot;give it away for free.%26quot;
Ditto for art teachers and professors.
Your best bet might be to put up, or get your friend to put up, his art on a website that allows viewing and comments by lots of other people who are very interested in art. Deviantart is probably by now the biggest and best-known site for this. Deviantart allows some sales, but its primary function is to allow viewing and critiques of the works of unknown artists by other artists.
Put some of your friend%26#039;s best work up for a few months, and see what kind of feedback he gets. If it%26#039;s mostly positive, then put in the effort to actually get his work a public showing -- in a small-group show in a commercial gallery, if possible. You%26#039;ll need to do research on what other opportunities are available to him in his area. A world-class art center such as New York City has endless possibilities, it%26#039;s just a case of timing it right, and finding the right match-ups.
It does sound as if your friend needs you, and maybe a couple of other partisans like you, to help him manage this. If so, he wouldn%26#039;t be the first %26quot;reclusive artist%26quot; who might sell his works well enough, but always through others, never appearing in public himself. :-D
Btw, as art goes, his autism might make him a more %26quot;interesting%26quot; artist to some buyers, but it is irrelevant to whether or not his art is saleable. If his art is regarded as %26quot;good,%26quot; then it won%26#039;t matter in the least whether he is autistic or not. Don%26#039;t overlook autistic-interest/care agencies if they can help him out any; but don%26#039;t look at his autism as a boost or barrier to his possible future art success. At %26quot;the end of the day,%26quot; people buy the art and take it home, not the artist.
Best of luck to you both!|||Hmm. You can try and send his artwork to a local university. Bring him up and explain his case to either a psychology or art professor there and you might be able to get his art some attention...
I hope this all works out!|||you can seek help of the autism society of america they offer scholarships to talented autistic people check out the link below see if it helps to contact them and get their help for this talented artist
