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AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE TO CURATE
Special Program At SCOPE Miami Beach
SCOPE is pleased to collaborate with The
www.nuestromagazine.com NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire. Citing African influences in his work, Co-
Melech Collection, launched by six-time
The Melech Collection translates to “King”,
and is the genesis of Stoudemire’s ac-
claimed career in sports, a lifelong interest
in culture, and dedication to philanthropy.
Uniting seemingly disparate audiences of
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sports and contemporary art, The Me-
lech Collection teaches the value of
cultural capital through the cumulative
knowledge of mind and body; to be truly
empowered, awareness and action must
exert in conjunction.
Stoudemire will curate a 40 foot instal-
lation as a highlight of SCOPE Miami
Beach’s Special Programs. With a sin-
cere interest in nurturing the careers of
emerging artists, Stoudemire has commis-
sioned emerging Brooklyn artist, Steven
Cogle, to create a site-specific work
centered upon the contemporary artist’s
role in creating a future history.
gle attributes much of his style to the
environment in which he grew up: East
New York. From this Brooklyn vantage
throughout the African Diaspora, ap-
point, Cogle interprets “sacred stories”
proaching his subject matter as “tribal