{"id":3683,"date":"2010-02-28T23:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T04:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2010-02-28T23:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T04:34:48","slug":"repostthe-art-of-shaq-more-intelligent-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/28\/repostthe-art-of-shaq-more-intelligent-life\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::THE ART OF SHAQ | More Intelligent Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got this link from Chuck. I agree that my BS detector is calling this a gimmick but, In my view anything that helps promote art, especially to people who otherwise wouldn’t know or go to that event is great for me.<\/h2>\n
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THE ART OF SHAQ<\/a><\/h2>\n

Does size matter? For Shaquille O\u2019Neal his very existence offers a larger-than-life answer to that question. Standing at 7\u20191\u201d, weighing 320 pounds and strutting about in size 22 shoes, Shaq casts a long shadow. His appetites and ambitions are similarly colossal: a professional basketball star, he has also worked as an actor, rapper, memoirist and reserve police officer, and is now working on a PhD in organisational behaviour. Now, thanks to the FLAG Art Foundation in New York, Shaq can cross another item off his to-do list: curate an art show. \u201cSize DOES Matter\u201d features 66 works chosen by the man himself, and a catalogue with an essay by James Frey (yes, that James Frey).
\nAn outsized gimmick? Perhaps. The line to attend the show’s opening on February 19th snaked outside for nearly a block. And Shaq’s selections, which feature a range of contemporary works of varying, eye-teasing sizes, were plucked from more than 200 images supplied by FLAG’s founder, Glenn Fuhrman, and director, Stephanie Roach, over dinner after a game. Still, this playful show holds up as a satisfying examination of size and scale in art.
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Got this link from Chuck. I agree that my BS detector is calling this a gimmick but, In my view anything that helps promote art, especially to people who otherwise wouldn’t know or go to that event is great for me. THE ART OF SHAQ Does size matter? For Shaquille O\u2019Neal his very existence offers … <\/p>\n

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