Like the Spice @ Roger Smith Hotel 3/19-4/18
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Events, Hotel
Like the Spice at the Roger Smith Hotel March 19th, 2010 – April 18th, 2010 featuring the work of Jason Bryant, Allison Edge, and Ross Racine
Starting out as a kid in rural North Carolina, Jason Bryant turned a fascination with drawing into a love for painting. Previously working as an assistant for Kehinde Wiley, Jason’s work often explores the person we are, as well as the people we pretend to be. His newest pieces, featured in this exhibition, are challengingly familiar, in a way that can often be difficult to place. Maybe you’re certain who they’re meant to be… until you suddenly realize that you don’t know them at all!
Allison Edge carries a sense of nostalgia in her work. With her command of light, she creates a mood that feels like a memory, like a happy fiction now become fact. Previously working as an assistant for Jeff Koons and McDermott & McGough, Allison carries a great love for her craft, and fans of her solo show Crystal Days will certainly want to revisit her work here.
Quebec-born Ross Racine has shown extensively across the United States and Canada. His “digital drawings” are hand-drawn directly by computer, creating communities that could be taken from some otherworldly Mapquest. They are in no way photographs, yet still carry a convincing feel, leaving you with the assumption that someone, somewhere, has been to see these communities in person.
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Blue Box Gallery Presents Gabriel Barcia-Colombo Nobody Leaves, Everybody Goes
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Birdsong in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel, RS Pop
After exhibiting in places as far afield as Austin, Texas and Linz, Austria, the Los Angeles-born, New York-based Barcia-Colombo brings his pioneering collection of interactive, multi-media artworks – an amalgam of three-dimensional objects and two-dimensional video, dubbed “video sculpture”– to New York City.
The exhibition includes ten digital sculptures that play upon the exigency in our culture to chronicle, preserve and wax nostalgic, an idea which Barcia-Colombo renders visually by “collecting” human beings (alongside cultural archetypes) as scientific specimens. He repurposes everyday objects like blenders, suitcases and cans of Spam® into venues for projecting and inserting videos of people. While making conspicuous references to Marcel Duchamps’ ‘Ready-Mades,’ he also draws from an eclectic range of other influences, from the combines of Robert Rauschenberg and the video spectacles of Aernout Mik to taxonomy texts and anatomical drawings.
Blue Box is a mobile gallery (conceived of by Karen and Julia) dedicated to showcasing contemporary New Media artwork that redefines, remixes and reinterprets – in other words, hacks – conventional art-making practices.
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www.blueboxgallery.com
From March 12-20 the exhibition will be reinstalled in the RSPOP-UP Shop, also at The Roger Smith Hotel.
We’ve been working really hard over the past few months to make this exhibition a reality. We’re really excited and hope that you will come out to view Gabe’s stunning video sculptures, have a complimentary Belvedere cocktail and toast the occasion with us!
Also, to further celebrate this auspicious event please join us later on in the evening for a much-deserved after-party! We will be setting up shop in the basement of Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St.) starting at 11pm.
Music by The Tomcats and Gabe BC.
RSH & Panman Arts present: Like The Spice Gallery Group Show
Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Events, Hotel
Featuring the work of Jason Bryant, Allison Edge, and Ross Racine March 19th, 2010 – April 18th, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday March 19th 7-10pm Roger Smith Hotel 501 Lexington Ave Lobby Gallery, and Solarium Gallery 16th fl.
Like the Spice and the Roger Smith Hotel are pleased to announce that they have joined creative forces to present a group show featuring Like the Spice artists Jason Bryant, Allison Edge, and Ross Racine. The Roger Smith Hotel, a positive, open and friendly spot in Midtown Manhattan, nestled amongst the skyscrapers, is not just a hotel, but also a location for guests and visitors to get a taste of the up and coming New York arts scene. Located at 501 Lexington Avenue with its Solarium Gallery on the 16th floor, has had a long history of hosting creative and entertaining exhibitions that stimulate thought and conversation. Like the Spice is extremely excited to be invited and why we think our artists will fit their style perfectly.
In the lobby of the hotel you will find the shapes of spirals, explosions and clouds that mirror the strange psychology of Quebec-born artist Ross Racine’s fictional suburban developments. Ross has shown extensively across the United States and Canada. His “digital drawings” are hand-drawn directly by computer, creating communities that could be taken from some otherworldly Mapquest. They are in no way photographs, yet still carry a convincing feel, leaving you with the assumption that someone, somewhere, has been to see these communities in person.
Come join us on opening night, March 19th, as we begin our very exciting month-long stay at the Roger Smith Hotel! And please come to view more of these artists’ works and more at Like the Spice as we will remain open and will be hosting our own exhibition on site!
Many Faces of Roger Smith: Matt Semler, Director of the LAB Gallery
Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Hotel, LAB Gallery, the LAB
The Many Faces of Roger Smith introduces the world to the personalities of the staff at the Roger Smith Hotel in New York. This interview is with Matt Semler, founder of Roger Smith Arts and creative director of the Lab Gallery. Matt discusses all of the various aspects of the Roger Smith Arts programing and shares personal stories from his first memories of New York City to his time as a professional sailor.
Kiki Valdes Debuts Pop Up Show in NYC
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Events, Hotel, RS Pop
Oct 09 – New paintings from Miami artist Kiki Valdes appear for 5 days only at the Roger Smith Hotels new social media experiment, the Pop Up Shop. Reception will be on Thursday, Oct. 22nd 2009 with the artist creating a piece on sight. Time is between 7 – 9pm. It runs from Oct 20 – 25th. The mini show is curated by Melissa Gonzalez and produced by John Knowles & Panman Productions. Special thanks to everyone at the Hotel for making this possible.
Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009
47th Street and Lexington Avenue, Midtown NYC
6pm – 9:45pm
Kiki Valdes was born in Miami. FL at the same downtown hospital Bob Marley passed away just a month after in 1981. He attended the New World School of the Arts high school along with other ambitious classmates Jessica Sutta of Pussycat Dolls and paper artist Jen Stark. He later attended Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. During this time he published with his brother Humby a punk rock, culture and humor underground zine called OpenZine (which later became http://www.facebook.com/l/bc279;www.OpenZine.com, a site where anyone can publish web magazines) During the evenings Kiki would paint in his studio and later on pass out the newsprint publication at mostly punk venues such as CBGB’s in New York and Churchill’s in the inner city of Miami.
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.
Mutiny Aboard the Cutty Sark
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by AdamWallace in Arts, Hotel, the LAB
July 10-31st, 2009
An installation by Heidi Cody and Pete Beeman
“Aaargh! Witness the villainous Mutiny Aboard the Cutty Sark. Treacherous Capn Morgan and his thievin Chips Ahoy! pirates have seized the mighty Cutty Sark Whiskey Clipper, and are commandeerin her straight towards no good. Woe unto Capn Crunch, the pathetic prisoner of these plunderin pirates.” Artists Pete Beeman and Heidi Cody bring you this outlandish kinetic sculpture installation.
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.
