Stephon Marbury: Modern Art—or Modern Artist?

A semi-surreal event is about to end as I write this. Aernout Mik would be giving it a standing ovation, asking for an encore. Salvador Dali would have dripped with loved over it. Jackson Pollack would have splattered applause. Picasso would have pirouetted with glee. Rembrandt? Not so much. He might have laughed and shook his head, saying, ‘They call that art now?’ One of the NBA’s current immigrant population, the free agents, Stephon Marbury is finishing a 24 hour all live video stream in his home, courtesy of a company called ustream. All Stephon…all the time….24 straight hours. Massive ego-ism? Possibly. Candid Stephon? In a way. Uncut and straight at you? Yes. Understand, this is a modern form of artistic expression. The NBA’s version of Mik? Aernout Mik’s work is appearing right now at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, that strange and wonderful place affectionately referred to as MoMA. It’s a multiple video experience weaved i...