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.
Painting the LAB Gallery for Wine Library TV Week
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by AdamWallace in Community, Hotel
We had a great group of people here to help set up for Gary Vaynerchuk‘s LIVE taping of Wine Library TV here at the Lab Gallery at the Roger Smith Hotel. Thank you so much to all of our Twitter friends for their help and for a great time: @aronado @nikisnotes @bsimi @robblatt @mizcity @devintrix @db @cocoabebe You all are great!! We are very excited to have Gary V here all week and it is great to have so much support.
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
Roman Scott, New York Painter
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by admin in Arts, Events, Hotel
Roman Scott is a New York artist known for his night paintings. His use of obscure light sources such as the reflections from a misty, rainy, or snowy night provide a colorful outlook to the this dark hard city. The Roger Smith Hotel has a great collection of Roman Scott paintings that you can see throughout the hotels public spaces.
