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Looking every bit the debonair aesthete
in a crisp white Oxford with dove-gray
sweater vest, selvedge jeans, and
razor-toed boots, Omar Gonzalez set the
tone for his new monthly (every second
Thursday) salon soiree The Art of
Life at Halo on Michigan in Miami
Beach. With exemplary work from six
local photogs and artists (Roberto
Medina, Stephen Lang, Thomas Barker, Ken
McCoy, Kevin Taylor—as well as our own
work as MRNY) projected onto Halo’s
gallery white walls, the comely crowd
was treated to portraits of local
nightlife legends—as well as scenes of
circuit parties, hot spots, hot men, and
fashion divas. All the photogs were in
attendance—as was that photographic
muse, Chyna, whose ubiquitous face, at
one point, seemed to adorn every wall.
Photog Dale Stine was in the house, the
scene of his own exhibition a few months
before, as was promoter Edison Farrow,
and former MB commissioner Michael
Gongorra, and Harvey Burstein, and ECOMB
head, Luiz Rodriques—as well as the
equivalent of a whole classroom of FIU
architecture and fashion design
students. Because as Omar and Halo
obviously know, when you mix art,
design, and drinks in Miami, you’ve got
yourself something to talk about.
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