Jonathan Borofsky

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Jonathan Borofsky
Molecule Man, Berlin
Born (1942-12-24) December 24, 1942 (age 81)
EducationCarnegie Mellon University
Yale University
Known forPainting, Sculpture, Installation art

Jonathan Borofsky (born December 24, 1942) is an American sculptor and printmaker who lives and works in Ogunquit, Maine.[1]

Early life and education

Borofsky was born in

Venice[2] and Tuna Canyon,[3] Los Angeles from 1977 to 1992,[4] In the 1960s, Borofsky's art sought to interconnect minimalism and pop art
.

On May 21, 2006, Borofsky received an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon, his alma mater.

Works

Jonathan Borofsky's most famous works, at least among the general public, are his

Lillestrøm, Norway
.

In 1989 developer Harlan Lee commissioned Borofsky's 30-foot-tall Ballerina Clown, a building-mounted kinetic aluminum, steel and fiberglass public art sculpture for a mixed use residential and commercial building in

Venice, California in 1989. The clown sculpture's right leg was motorized with a kicking motion. Tenant complaints followed about the sculpture's mechanical noise and after years of in-operation the kinetic leg component was restored in 2014 to move only intermittently.[5] Another Ballerina Clown was installed in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst in Aachen, Germany.[6]
This version dates from 1991 and was part of the Metropolis exhibition at Gropiusbau Berlin that year.

In 1990, the Newport Harbor Art Museum commissioned Ruby, a 5-foot-tall plastic sculpture containing an internal lighting system and swaying, diamond-shaped light deflectors.[7]

Between 1989 and 1999, Borofsky completed a series of Molecule Man public art sculptures consisting of three connected perforated aluminum sheets, ranging in height from 11 feet to 100 feet.[8] Three of his 100-foot Molecule Man sculptures were set directly into the Spree River in Berlin as a commission for German insurance company Allianz.[9]

In 2004, the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore commissioned Jonathan Borofsky to create his 51-foot (15.5 m) Male/Female aluminum sculpture as the centerpiece of a re-designed plaza in front of Penn Station to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The sculpture was a gift to the city from the Society.

In May 2006, Borofsky's

Dallas, Texas
.

Major permanent commissions

Selected exhibitions

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Hunter Drohojowska-Philp (October 24, 1999), Living Outside His Own Shell Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Cathy Curtis (December 13, 1990), Art Museum Gets Borofsky's 'Ruby' Work Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Kristine McKenna (July 30, 1989), Why Jonathan Borofsky Bowed Out: 'I needed to be alone with myself and find out what was left of my art.' Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Hunter Drohojowska-Philp (October 24, 1999), Living Outside His Own Shell Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Christopher Knight (May 20, 2014), Jonathan Borofsky's 'Ballerina Clown' in Venice dances again Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Breuer, Werner. "Ludwig-Forum: Ballerina-Clown soll bald wieder das Tanzbein schwingen". Aachener Nachrichten. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  7. ^ Cathy Curtis (December 13, 1990), Art Museum Gets Borofsky's 'Ruby' Work Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Curran, Ann (Spring 2002). "Jonathan Borofsky Nobody Knows His Name, Everybody Has His Number". Carnegie Mellon Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  9. ^ Hunter Drohojowska-Philp (October 24, 1999), Living Outside His Own Shell Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ Publicartfund.org Archived June 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Breuer, Werner. "Ludwig-Forum: Ballerina-Clown soll bald wieder das Tanzbein schwingen". Aachener Nachrichten. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

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