Tag: Wall Street Journal

Roughly Synonymous? Better “Get The Picture”

“Get The Picture” by Bianca Bosker is a fascinating art world exposé. The ART WORLD? Gigantic and infinitesimal. The center? Manhattan. My home of 13 years. Despite being full-time since July 2, 2009 — a self-represented artist based in Idaho is an extreme art world outsider.

Accordingly, the following had me spitting coffee:

“…at certain Brooklyn openings, you could reliably revive a stalled-out conversation by shitting on Gagosian, capitalism, or painting, all of which were roughly synonymous.”

Gold, Jerry. Gold! Right there and then, “Roughly Synonymous” was born.

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Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture | Presentation and Class Guggenheim Drawings

Borbay 2011 Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture Slides

This past Thursday, I had the honor of guest lecturing for Ryan Seslow‘s Art Appreciation Class at Iona College for a second time. My presentation revolved around my history, work, process, day-to-day and wrapped up with a 30-minute “draw the Guggenheim” exercise.

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2010 Borbay’s Year in Review on Canvas

NY Post Collage Painting Two

2010 kicked-off with a new title — Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker… and a broken fibula.

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Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture | Presentation and Class Guggenheim Drawings

Iona College Art Appreciation Class Slide Show by Artist Borbay

This past Thursday, I had the honor of guest lecturing at Ryan Seslow‘s Art Appreciation Class at Iona College. Professor Seslow, Iona College and the students welcomed me with open arms. My objective was to visually introduce my background, work, process and daily routine.

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