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The Bleeding Edge™
The Bleeding Edge™ is the position that precedes The Cutting Edge. The innovators that hold this position come in all professions. As most purists do, when they have exhausted the usefulness of an area of their lifestyle they quickly move on to produce another innovation, series of work, customization, musical genre, culture, etc. The problem arises if they dispose of it before receiving the benefits for what they create.
The Cutting Edge holds onto ideas after they are no longer considered hip by the bleeding edge innovators. What they understand is that these ideas are still new to the general public.
My suggestion: Continue to innovate, but don’t discard what you have created. Just because you are tired of it doesn’t mean its usefulness has been exhausted.
With this column I will sift and filter through data collected from my personal travels as an artist in the NYC art community. Presenting work from innovative emerging and mid career contemporary artists, this column will give exposure to a resource of work being created internationally. Hopefully the work you see in this column will give more options to draw from as you build your own collection--actual or virtual.
Tahir Hemphill
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Staple Crops Exhibition Picks
Welcome (ethno-kitch) @ Kashya Hilderbrand. NYC.
March 3 - April 16
Welcome addresses the packaging tendencies associated with culture brokering and consumption. Moshiri’s life sized gold veneered rococo furniture, calls into question Orientalism and Western tendencies for exoticism.
http://www.kashyahildebrand.org/newyork/exhibitions001.html
Sol Sax @ Momenta Art. NYC.
March 11 through April 11
Sol Sax's installation at Momenta, entitled SOL’SNIPPED: Strange Fruit from the Concrete Jungle. Sol Sax asserts the active role of the artist, not as mere aesthetic observer but as cultural agent, revealing and transforming the world, while using the generative power of the word to undermine institutions of power.
http://www.momentaart.org/
Basquiat @ Brooklyn Museum Of Art. NYC.
March 11–June 5
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/2005/basquiat/
Greater New York 2005 @ PS1. NYC.
March 13
Greater New York 2005 presents artists who have emerged since 2000. Their work explores both this specific time period, during which New York City has changed dramatically; shows vitality, energy, and exciting promise; and anticipates new artistic directions.
http://www.ps1.org
Armory Show @ Piers 90 & 92. NYC.
March 10 – 14
The International Fair of New Art is the world's leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art.
http://www.thearmoryshow.com
Scope Art Fair @ Flatotel. NYC.
March 11 – 14
The mission of Scope is to demystify the buying process of contemporary art while challenging our static views of the art world.
http://www.scope-art.com
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posted by: Deka @ 03/15/05: 05:05 PM EST
peeped that Basquiat show at BK museum. I've had the opportunity to have seen his work before. I took my 11 year old nephew to check out the show and I was more intrigued by his response to the show because he doesn't get out much to events such as this one. He seemed amazed that something that looks like his little sister did it made him feel more comfortable. I have taken him to other exhibits and this one was the first one that sparked his interest.
posted by: Steve Larosiliere/Snow Mentor @ 03/16/05: 03:03 PM EST
good to hear from you. hope you are well. good luck with this column. S.
posted by: Kristen @ 04/15/05: 03:03 PM EST
hey tahir...so good to see you @ that AfroPunk party last month. I was checking out the pictures and came across this site, and wow, you're everywhere! Much success with this column!! I saw the Basquiat show and it was simply beautiful!
~Kristen
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