This Instalation is the complete collection of paintings made by artist Scot Borofsky beginning on the morning of September 11th, 2001 and completed in April of 2002, six and a half months later. The artist has kept the group intact and they have never been shown in their entirety. The artist has written a short commentary to go with each painting.
"Toloache" Collection
"September 11th" Installation
The "Stepped Mountains" Installation
"September 11th" Installation
"Toloache" Collection
"Stepped Mountains" Installation
The "Toloache" Collection
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"On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I was working in my studio listening to the radio, when the the shocking reports came across the air, a plane had collided with the World Trade Center. I listened, and dipped my brush in the black paint....."
Scot Borofsky's
This Instalation is the complete collection of paintings made by artist Scot Borofsky beginning on the morning of September 11th, 2001 and completed in April of 2002, six and a half months later. The artist has kept the group intact and they have never been shown in their entirety. The artist has written a short commentary to go with each painting.
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LATION PAGE
LATION PAGE
7x15 ft. Mural: "The Story of Fresh Water"
Works on Paper: A Travel Journal of Landscapes
From Mexico to Bolivia
The "Stepped Mountain Installation" shows the travels of a young artist in search of history, inspiration and personal vision. Borofsky creates a world of his own, combining direct observation with stylized metaphor, giving the viewer a personal look into an artist's youth through a visual record of observations and experiences from extensive travel. Favorite influences, such as the Japanese poet, Basho; rennaiscance artist, Leonardo da Vinci; ancient Chinese and Japanese landscape painting; and the architectural of pre-Columbian pyramids are emulated. In this collection of sketches, studies, experimental constructions and large finished works, the artist plants his roots firmly in history.
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"TOLOACHE", (toe-low-ah-chay), represents the height of spray-paint technique. This figurative allegory, shows a combination of free-hand and stencil techniques. The composition references diverse historical sources: a frescoe of a fallen female warrior from the ruins of Pompeii; decorative patterns experienced as hallucinations by Amazonian natives; Ukio-e Japanese wood-block print technique; and the plant "toloache",(Aztec for "datura", also known as "jimson weed"). The plant has the reputation of being used for conscious dream travel by traditional shamans.
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