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Jonathan Borofsky

Jonathan Borofsky (Born 1942) is active/lives in New York, Massachusetts.  Jonathan Borofsky is known for Flat installation, graffiti, graphics.

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An installation artist, Jonathan Borofsky has made his reputation with bold, aggressive, diaristic and frequently playful works with underlying philosophical seriousness.  In an interview that he gave in 1993, Borofsky said "I like the word spiritual because I don't really know what it means, but I do believe it applies to finding your connection to the All. I've always felt that my search, whether I had a particularly chaotic work or a particularly simple one, has been a way to feel connected to the Whole."

At his retrospective exhibition at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, work he completed as a youngster was placed on pedestals, and his dreams were literally written on the walls. Handwritten pages from notebooks were casually push-pinned in place.

In recent years Borofsky concentrated his energies on one concept at a time. In one instance, his art consisted of his counting and writing numbers down for hours on end--an obsessional marking of time.  In all of these   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4606 characters.]  Artist bio

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Running man at 2,500,116

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Flying Molecule Man (2982446) , 1986

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2,841,780 Painting with Hand Shadow , 1983

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Man with Briefcase at 2,833,791

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Shapes with Chattering Man , 1986

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I Dreamed I Could Fly

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