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Fernando Niragob (ENG)

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GILO

Fernando Niragob (ENG)

A few weeks ago, I received the news that Fernando Niragob had passed away. I do not know the cause; I hope it is not a sad story. I was very surprised by the news. Niragob was an amazing artist, he had technique, imagination, methodology, and everything seemed to be very well polished. His acrylics were more than beautiful, his blue skies more than amazing. I met him through recommendations from friends and family in Guadalajara and was fortunate enough to meet him a few times. I offered him to collaborate on arteem but he was not interested. He recommended other painters, but none had his quality. Niragob more than 10 years ago already needed big projections and galleries, arteem did not have what it has today to offer him. He was right at the time. Today I am left with a bad taste for not approaching him again to offer him this new platform.
Fernando used to walk a large black-haired dog near the streets of downtown Guadalajara. I remember that once he told me about his desire to paint forever and to have sufficient and constant resources to continue his work. “I would paint forever” he came to tell me several times, unlike other artists that arteem sponsored at that time that life led to work on other things. We didn’t have a close relationship, nor a friendship, maybe he wouldn’t remember our project, but he did recommend things to me like that arteem should offer more to artists. And that was very important feedback. And I am grateful for it. Today I think about it, and I try to apply it to this company. I wish that your family finds consolation soon and that, Fernando, wherever you are, you find yourself in a swing factory, as you called your studio, and that you are painting the blues of the sky.
Niragob

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Gilo, (October, 10, 2022), “Fernando Niragob”, arteem, a free space blog.