Artists On The Edge

Sun., Nov. 5, 2000

Jackson Pollock dripping paint. Christo “wrapping” islands in plastic. Martha Graham ripping off her toe shoes. Jack Kerouac taking to the road.

What do these artists have in common? Each, in his or her own way, was an artist on the edge. Each confronted a discipline, or an audience - or the mirror - and tried to see, or present, art in a different way.

Furthermore, each made a go of it. Each was successful in forging a career not only by finding a new way to express a particular art form, but by being able to convince enough viewers (or listeners) that the art they were experiencing was worth the attention.

There may be no Pollocks in the Inland Northwest. No Christos, Grahams or Kerouacs.

But there are artists here who do work on the edge, artists who refuse to be ordinary, artists who insist on being unique and who are successful in getting others to see value in what they do.

We’ve collected a few of them.

Their stories follow.

1. Artists on the edge: Mark Robbins 2. Artists on the edge: Kendall Feeney 3. Artists on the edge: Erik Blackerby 4. Artists on the edge: Lance & Andi Olsen 5. Artists on the edge: Robert Grimes 6. Experience artists’ work in many ways

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