By All Means at the Roger Smith Hotel
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by admin in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Events, Hotel
By All Means at the Roger Smith Hotel is a collaborative exhibition of 5 Long Island Artists hoping to raise the bar on how people view artwork, …especially in midtown Manhattan. Stelios, Kevin Garcia, Michelle Posner, Richard Ritter & Damon Tommolino in efforts with Panman Productions and the Roger Smith Hotel
August 14 – September 14
The Roger Smith Gallery
16th Floor Solarium @ the Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Ave (@47th St).
Tommonlino at the Roger Smith Hotel
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by AdamWallace in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Community, Events, Hotel
On Thursday August 20, 2009 Damon Tommolino opened his art exhibit that embodies the concentration of time and space of sequential motion.
Artist Statement:
The common link between the thoughts behind my work is that I am extremely interested in the ongoing argument between Creationism vs. Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design vs. The Ancient Mystery vs. Who we really are today.
The point of my paintings is to provoke as much thought as possible. I try hard not to overly point a viewer in any one specific direction. I don’t believe this is my job as an artist. I would much rather present several ideas or options or paths for any viewer to take throughout any given piece. Therefore, I purposely leave a certain amount of ambiguity in the work. At its best, viewers will be able to make connections between the characters I paint and their own lives.
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I strive to bring awareness to the way in which we live. My paintings reflect our society, our nation, and our most intimate relationships. Is there room for improvement or growth in our lives?
Love the Art. Molly Barnes and Damon talk about artist etiquette , and the nature of collectors in an art market.
Tommolino, Salvador Dali’s “Un Chien Anadalou” and The Morning Pages (LIVE)
Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Community, Events
On Thursday August 20, 2009 join us for a very special evening of great art, film and music. Damon Tommolino opens the evening with an art exhibit that embodies the concentration of time and space of sequential motion.
Tommolino’s solo exhibit is followed by the 1929 short film “Un Chien Adalou,” written by Salvador Dali.
Closing the night, The Morning Pages play live what Time Out NY writes, “Rootsy combo the Morning Pages is based in Brooklyn but delivers a pleasingly vintage, warm, country-rock sound that’s far more suggestive of Nashville. ”
6 PM Tommolino Opening Reception
9 PM Special Screenig of “Un Chien Andalou” written by Salvador Dali (16 minutes)
10 PM Live Music by The Morning Pages
The event will be held in the 16th floor Solarium of the Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (at 47th st).
Suggested donation of $5
4222 Studio Visits: Tommolino
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, the LAB
Tommolino said that he would let me do the studio visit under two circumstances: one, that we drink a bottle of fine brandy together, two, we play chess. Being an obligatory creature I had no objections to Damons clauses. Then he smiled. Thats what Damon Tommolino is like: a morsel of truth encased in an even finer casing of truth, which is always humor, the heart of the Universe. There was an even more exacting truth all of this that I was aware of. If I stood to produce any coherent work myself I would need to seek out the visionary eye of somebody who I trusted. Thats where Abi Prince came in. Abi is a Panman Production colleague, but more importantly a visionary filmmaker and editor that I knew could handle the surreal nature of this encounter. Regardless we were not about to take any chances so Damon made sure to keep filling Abis glass with fine African Shiraz. What was recorded that evening was the delicate, unadulterated, result(s) of the incident of three artists coming together to make sense of the world around them through each others eyes. – Marlo L. Brown, film maker
