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Written by Joe DiRosa
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Ernest can you tell us a bit about yourself and you’re past?
1. My past; well i am from nyc but I moved to Arizona when I was
thirteen and lived with my real father for a wile, then I moved in with
my best friend Ryan and his family. That lasted for too years then my
dad said that I need to go to school so I went to job corps then a
community collage for a few semesters. In Arizona one cant really
become a real star so in had to move back to NYC. my father was
pisssed. well in NYC, at first I wanted to become a comic, but I got
bored of it so I picked another hard career, the arts. My first week of
painting I paid $150 to put my fresh art in ' weard nassy gallery' then
that’s where I met my first mentor, ' andray bogaslowski'. He taught me
some things then I had some other shows with a few top
artist then I went on the street, to sell my shit. and that’s the beginning of my art life.
I love your paintings and apparently so do others. What are your influences and inspirations?
2.my influences are many contemporary and modern artists. Including god
and life in general. for one basquiat, roshenberg, pollock,
modigalliony, and many others including me, myself and I.
What was it like shooting the movie Diamond in the Ruff" with Emmanuel D?
3.shooting ' diamond in the rough' was one of my great experiences. it
was almost know prepping for the shots, Manu let me be myself, he was
seriously into me and we love each other so it was like reaching the
first level in heaven.
How do you know Emmanuel D and how did you decide on actually doing a movie together?
4. Manu and I met threw a very wealthy French art collector of mine,
named, ' mashel'. we met in his penthouse in Chelsea. from then on I
was all love.
Was it tough letting a camera in to the intimate experiences of your everyday life?
5. Letting the camera in my personal life was a bit difficult, but that’s what Manu, the director needed, so......
What kind of paintings and projects are you working on now? What is inspiring you?
6. Well I have a show going upon the 27th of this month in Romania; a
new director is almost ready to shot another move about me called
'basquiat'. Because everyone compares me to him so its sort of like
grabbing the bull by the horns. But that’s still in, the air.
Ernest Rosenberg isn't your real name. How did you come by it?
7. The owner of the ' new york comedy club on 27th and 1st in nyc and
the laugh factory, one day said to me as I was getting off stage, ' hay
ernie you should call yourself rosenberg', and I thought about it. and
I said ' shore. because in my family, there is a true Rosenberg on my
fathers side so I agreed'. plus its different and it sparks curiosity,
plus I love the
name so, here I am. I stuck
You've been paintings some time know in the NYC scene. Where do you see yourself as a part of it?
8. Well not to brag but people say that I will be well off as an artist and I am not going to argue
with that.
Anyone in particular you would like to paint as a subject?
9. I truly love ' Tyra Banks, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruz, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman and a few others.
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