WHO'S TOMMY DOLLAR ?

LC : Tommy, you are a protean artist, filmmaker, actor, cabaret performer, jet setter, photographer, a weird artistic animal… Let’s see if we can learn a little bit more about you with few questions...

Ready for the association game ? I am going to give you a word, and I would like you to fallow without thinking too much (It's as much important as a preliminary…) with other words that instinctively come up to your mind. What if I say "NY" ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : CITY OF DREAMS , COUNTRY OF FREEDOM, STATUE OF LIBERTY, NIGHTLIFE, ART, JAZZ, FANTASTIC FOOD AND OVERSIZED DRINKS, NY IS EASY TO HAVE FUN IN, AND  HARD TO SURVIVE IN.

LC : Sex

TOMMY DOLLAR : MY WIFE !  RELAXATION, ADVENTURE, FULFILLMENT, WARM SENSUAL TOUCH, HUMOR, FULLY FASHIONED STOCKINGS, HIGH HEELS, S&M, PAIN AND PLEASURE, ALL IN A LETHAL COCKTAIL.

LC : Mmm… I can see that !

Rock'n Roll :

TOMMY DOLLAR : ELVIS, HENDRIX, DOORS, SEX PISTOLS, SEX AND DRUGS OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

LC : Tommy, who are you today and where are you coming from ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : IM AN ARTIST IN MY PRIME OF LIFE, LEBENS KUNSTLER,  FETISH PHOTOGRAPHER, PROVOCATIVE ACTOR  HUMOROUS FILMMAKER,  PASSIONATE POET, VINTAGE  JAZZ SINGER,  KAMIKAZE PAINTER AND 50% OF D&D PRODUCTIONS, THE OTHER 50 IS AGNIESZKA DELLFINA MY WIFE AND COLLABORATOR AND PARTNER IN ALL CRIMES.
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LC : You are an arty fucking talented chameleon. As a kid, did you use to wear your mother’s clothes ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : NO, THEY WHERE TOO BIG, BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A WOMEN, DRESS SEXY, WEAR MAKE UP, HIGH HEELS, JEWELS ETC. WOMEN HAVE SO MUCH MORE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE FUN AND BE SEDUCTIVE. I LOVE THE WAY MY WIFE AGNIESZKA IS PLAYING OUT HER FEMININITY AND IT MAKES ME JEALOUS.

LC : Tell me about your name...

TOMMY DOLLAR : I CAME TO NY TO EXHIBIT MY SILK SCREENS DONE IN THE WARHOL TECHNIQUE AND I MEET ANDY AND WE STARTED TO GO OUT . I WAS IMPRESSED BY EVERYTHING BIG , BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE. I SAID TO ANDY, WOW!  LOOK AT THAT!  THAT MUST BE EXPENSIVE! SO AFTER A WHILE HE STARTED TO CALL ME TOMMY DOLLAR INSTEAD OF MY NAME THOMAS (TOMMY) DELLERT IN THOSE DAYS. SO TODAY AS A CABARET PERFORMER I’M STILL TOMMY DOLLAR. THE NAME  THOUGH DOES NOT PROMISE ANY INCOMES ;)

LC : Tel me Tommy, how did you meet Andy Warhol ?

1976 IN STOCKHOLM THE FIRST TIME AND THAN IN NEW YORK IN THE 80'S LAST TIME AT LE PALACE IN PARIS.
 

LC : Le Palace ! Awesome ! What a wonderful universe ! I've been there on the 80 too but I was 13 years old overdressed and with a thick dose of make up ! A kind of camouflage too !...
What the hell have you done together, Andy and you ? Let me dream a little bit...

TOMMY DOLLAR : I SHOWED HIM MY CAMOUFLAGE SILK SCREENS PROUDLY, HE DID NOT SAY MUCH, TWO YEARS LATER HE DID HIS VERSIONS ON PRACTICALLY THE SAME IDEA..
 
LC : You can consider he stole you work or that you inspired the huge Andy Warhol... It's up to you.

TOMMY DOLLAR : BAD ARTIST COPY REAL ARTISTS STEAL... UNTIL THEY END UP "FRAMED".

LC : Andy Warhol was a bitch or a virgin ?

TOMMY DOLLAR :  BOTH,  WE CALLED HIM "DRELLA" BECAUSE HE WAS DRACULA DURING THE DAY SUCKING OUT ALL OUR BLOOD AND STEELING OUR IDEAS AND HE WAS CINDERELLA AT NIGHT, ALWAYS GOING HOME AT MIDNIGHT.
WE WENT OUT TO MR CHOW AND HAD DINNER WITH A NEW UPCOMING BLACK ARTIST JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT. HE CAME TO MY OPENING AT LUCKY STRIKE GALLERY OFF ST MARKS PLACE.
MY CANVASES WERE STRETCHED WITH ROPES IN BIGGER WOOD FRAMES. HE LOOKED CLOSELY ON THEM FOR A WHILE. NEXT WEEK HE ALREADY STARTED TO COPY THEM.
HE’S NOW REMEMBERED FOR  HIS VERY PERSONAL STYLE OF TRIBAL ART OF COURSE, BUT ALSO FOR HIS FRAMES WITH STRETCHED ROPES...

LC : Tommy, what's UTOPIA ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : IT’S MY AGNESZKA’S HEMISPHERE, OUR DREAM LAND, OUR SELF CREATED PARADISE HERE ON EARTH. IT’S WHERE WE CAN CREATE ANYTHING POSSIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE. THE KINGDOM OF UTOPIA THE MAKE-BELIEVE COUNTRY OF TOTAL FREEDOM. THE ABSOLUTE. IT’S WHERE WE ARE KING AND QUEEN.






LC : And now, what are your upcoming projects?

TOMMY DOLLAR : ONE DUBBLE CD WITH 60’S JAZZ WITH ME AS SINGER, ONE NEW RECORD WITH BAMBI AND ME AS DEJAVU, WHERE WE SING OUR ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE CLASSICS OF SERGE GAINSBOURG AND MANY NEW ARTWORKS.

 
LC : Wonderful ! I'll follow you closely !

Tommy, what is the most important G point in your life ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : MY WIFE AGNIESZKA DELLFINA AKA BAMBI DE SADE AND TO WORK WITH HER IN ALL OUR MUTUAL PROJECTS.
 
LC : I see what you mean. She's hot !

TOMMY DOLLAR : SHE IS MORE THAN HOT SHE IS BURNING. BURNING HER IMAGE INTO THE RETINA OF EVERY ONE THAT WATCHES HER. YOU BETTER BELIEVE ME !


LC : I do...
Last but not least, if you would have to die within 3 minutes, what would be your last word to posterity ?

TOMMY DOLLAR : STILL HUNGRY STILL HORNY STILL SEARCHING !

LC : Trash and tragic ! I love it !

LC : Thank you Tommy for sharing a part of your universe...

SMART LINKS :

Tommy is exhibiting at the moment in Miami together with David LaChapelle :
  http://www.valerericartgallery.com/artist_delfina.html

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6677587285161795733

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=dellacroix+dellfina&aq=f

www.bettiepage.com
 / MODEL SPOTLIGHT/ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

www.DellacroixDelfina-StudioUtopia.com








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