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01.01.12

2011 Borbay’s Year In Review on Canvas and Beyond General Action | Comments
2011 began true and proper with HOV... a work of art, a Warhol (already). He was both the first of my #KingsOfHipHop, and the first painting of the year. Looking back, 2010 kicked-off with a flavor of Vegas, and 2009 was about the actual jump from ad-man to artist. Jay-Z got a nice little shout from The Source, a terrific start to year filled with outstanding press coverage. While Jay was in process, I was also working on a commission of Citi Field... at night. Night paintings are always exceedingly difficult, but I had a blast with this one — now in the Garrick ...

Tagged: #KingsOfHipHop, @FWA, Advertising Week, Andy Golub, Apple Store, Ari Lankin, Art Charity, Artist Borbay, Artist In The World, Artist Reclamation Project, ARTPROV, Atelier Klimat, Bayshore HS, Bifuteki, Bomb Lager, Bomb Wines, Bombay Artisan Series, Borbay, Borbay Art, Borbay Art Workshop, Borbay Bomb, Borbay Diddy, Borbay in Max's Kansas City, Borbay in The Metro, Borbay Kanye, Borbay Vegas, Borbay.com, Brad Pitt, Branding, Broadway Cares, Brooklyn Historical Society, BTK Band, BTK Band Painting, Bucharest, Canadians, Chelsea Firing Range, Children of Haiti, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Du Soliel, Citi Field, Citi Field Painting, Clipped, Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting, Commission, Commissioned Painting, Complex Magazine, Curated Show, Dan Charnas, Daniel Lamarre, Diddy, Diddy Painting, Disney, Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre Painting, Duane Park, Eminem, Eminem Painting, Empire State of Mind, Erin, Erin Borbet, Fear and Loathing, Flag House, Forbes, Gothamist, Greg Spielberg, Group Show, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Painting, HopeForThem, I Got Married, Interview with Job Lab, Iona Lecture, Jake's Saloon, Jake's Saloon Mural, Jamaica, Jamaica Painting, Jay Z, Jay-Z Painting, Jeff Dess, Jeremy Penn, JobLab, Johnny S. Depp, Kanye Painting, Kanye West, Kanye West Painting, Kyle Harvey, Larchmont, Larchmont Flag House, Lil Wayne, Lil Wayne Painting, Live Painting, Make a Wish, Maple Leaf, Marilyn, Max's Kansas City Art To The Max, Metsblog, Michaels, Mickey O'Pitt, Minnesota Bride, NBC, Old Bay, Olympic Painting, OpenHouse, Painting for Make A wish, Painting of Duane Park, Paul Zepeda, Planet Hollywood, Pleasure Island, Portrait of my Bride, Remi, Roc4Life, Runaway Bay, Shortlist, Siwat, Snatch, Snoop Dogg, Soul Bounce, The Big Payback, The Grio, The Metro, The Source, Thrillist, TopShelf Network, TriBoro Bridge, Tween Girls, Two Year Anniversary, U+ME, University Square, Upper East Side Townhouse, Warhol, We Love Japan, We Love Japan Benefit, Wedding Logo, Welcome to Las Vegas, Welcome to Las Vegas Painting, White Party, Woody Allen, Zack O'Malley Greenburg
12.28.11

2011 Borbay’s Year In Review on Canvas and Beyond 1 of 4 General Action | Comments
2011 began true and proper with HOV... a work of art, a Warhol (already). He was both the first of my #KingsOfHipHop, and the first painting of the year. Looking back, 2010 kicked-off with a flavor of Vegas, and 2009 was about the actual jump from ad-man to artist. Continue Reading...

Tagged: @FWA, Apple Store, Ari Lankin, Artist Borbay, Artist Reclamation Project, Bayshore HS, Borbay, Borbay Art, Borbay Art Workshop, Borbay Diddy, Borbay in Max's Kansas City, Borbay in The Metro, Borbay Kanye, Borbay.com, Chelsea Firing Range, Citi Field, Citi Field Painting, Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting, Commissioned Painting, Diddy, Diddy Painting, Interview with Job Lab, Jay Z, Jay-Z Painting, Jeremy Penn, JobLab, Kanye West, Kanye West Painting, Maple Leaf, Max's Kansas City Art To The Max, Metsblog, Olympic Painting, Roc4Life, Shortlist, The Metro, The Source, TriBoro Bridge, U+ME
08.10.11

#KingsOfHipHop Right on the Money, Literally General Action | Comments
Forbes magazine released their list of Hip-Hop's Top Earners yesterday... my #KingsOfHipHop series was well represented. All seven Kings will be on display this fall, feel free to contact me with questions. Continue Reading...

Tagged: #KingsOfHipHop, Art, Artist, Borbay, Borbay's Kings of Hip Hop, Borbay.com, Cash Kings, Collage Painting, Conversations, Diddy, Dre, Eminem, Forbes, Forbes Magazine, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Kanye, Manhattan, Modern, New York City, New York Post, Painting, Painting Process, People, Press Release, Promotion, Time Out New Yorks Most Creative New Yorker, Twitter, Wayne, Zack O'Malley Greenburg
03.18.11

Featured Interview 140 Characters or Less With Borbay in “You + Me” Nomad Editions General Action, Press Release | Comments
The talented Lauren Delisa Coleman (aka the MediaEmpress) hit me up on behalf of U+ME Magazine for a Twitter-based interview. U+ME, part of the new Nomad Editions, and this "140 Characters or Less" feature is one of the many ways they plan to "deliver premium digital publications built from the ground up for the mobile age." After the jump, some hot Twitter interview action. Continue Reading...

Tagged: 140 Characters or Less, @TimeOutNewYork, @WSJ, Art, Artist, Borbay, Borbay.com, Collage, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Facebook, Hip-Hop, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Kanye West, Lauren Delisa Coleman, Manhattan, MediaEmpress, Modern, Music, New York City, New York Post, Nomad Editions, Painting, Painting Process, People, Press Release, Promotion, Roc4Life, The Source, Time Out New Yorks Most Creative New Yorker, Twitter Based Interview, Twitter Interview, U+ME Magazine, Upper East Side, Wordsmithing
02.15.11

Sony Make Believe, Believe in Times Square Billboard Love General Action | Comments
"Believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real" — nice words from the small business owners over at Sony. Good friend and fellow artist Ari Lankin was kind enough to pass along this new contest. Here's the Grand Prize: "One Grand Prize Winner will have their image put on display in a series of unique media experiences to be seen by millions, including an appearance on Sony's Times Square billboard and a feature placement in a masthead takeover on YouTube, among others. They will also receive a $500 Sony Gift Card so they can ...

Tagged: 3'X4', 5th Avenue, @TheNewYorkPost, Ari Lankin, Art, Artist, Artist Borbay Sony, Artist Self Portrait, Believe, Borbay, Borbay Sony, Borbay.com, Collage, Collage Painting, Combine, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Erin, Facebook, Family, Fifth Avenue, Follow @Borbay on Twitter, Imagine, Importance of a Unique Point of View, Inspiration, Italy, Madison Avenue, Make, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, Mark Wahlberg, Marky Mark, Modern, New York City, New York Post, Office Painting, Painting, Painting Collage, Painting Process, Painting Sony Make Believe, People, Portrait of the Artist as a Not So Young Man and The Death of Print, Sean John, Self Portrait Collage Painting, Sony, Sony Make Believe, Sony Make Believe Contest, Sony Make Believe Context, Submissions, Submissions Sony Make Believe, Tighties, Tighty Whities, Time Out New York, Twitter, Upper East Side, Wahlberg Talking to Plants
02.09.11

Diddy Downright Dastardly Details Developing General Action | Comments
Diddy is getting there... the final painting will be in grey and white tones, no color coming through. You can sense the colors that lie beneath, however, which is the desired effect. Incidentally, a partially finished, highly contrasting figure by the window in your studio at night is quite startling.

Tagged: Art, Artist, Artist Collaboration, Borbay, Borbay Paints Diddy, Borbay.com, Bridget Bardot, Collage Painting, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Diddy Art, Diddy Portrait, Diddy Tweets, Hip Hop Art, Hip Hop Portrait Series, IamDiddy, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Jeremy Penn's Studio, Kanye, Kanye West, MADE, Manhattan, Mercedes Benz, Modern, MTV Buzzworthy, New York City, New York Post, P Diddy, P Twitty, Painting, Painting of Diddy, Painting Process, Palette, People, Portrait Series, Puff Daddy, Source Image, Studio Visit, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Diddy Commercial, Super Bowl Mercedes Commercial, The Price Is Right, Twitter
02.08.11

Another Day Another @IamDiddy Update General Action | Comments
Let's go! "Fyi I'm not drunk or high this is just how I feel rt now!!! So let's go!!! lol" So Let's go!

Tagged: Art, Artist, Artist Collaboration, Borbay, Borbay Paints Diddy, Borbay.com, Bridget Bardot, Collage Painting, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Diddy Art, Diddy Portrait, Diddy Tweets, Hip Hop Art, Hip Hop Portrait Series, IamDiddy, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Jeremy Penn's Studio, Kanye, Kanye West, MADE, Manhattan, Mercedes Benz, Modern, MTV Buzzworthy, New York City, New York Post, P Diddy, P Twitty, Painting, Painting of Diddy, Painting Process, Palette, People, Portrait Series, Puff Daddy, Source Image, Studio Visit, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Diddy Commercial, Super Bowl Mercedes Commercial, The Price Is Right, Twitter
02.07.11

@IamDiddy Taking Shape Amidst Superbowl Silver Mercedes Shill General Action | Comments
Here is a world sneak preview of my Diddy painting, a work in progress. This picture will pay visual homage to Diddy's White Party, while exploring his relationships with, and to — Biggie, Tupac, the law, women, money, his name and lyrics. This is the picture I am working from. Diddy's omnipresent business persona was important to capture, and thus, the pinstripe suit. And, without further adieu... I'm not quite sure how Diddy agreed to do this commercial with a broken record country twang in the background, but as they say on daytime TV, if the price is right. Personally, I liked ...

Tagged: Art, Artist, Artist Collaboration, Borbay, Borbay Paints Diddy, Borbay.com, Bridget Bardot, Collage Painting, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Diddy Art, Diddy Portrait, Hip Hop Art, Hip Hop Portrait Series, IamDiddy, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Jeremy Penn's Studio, Kanye, Kanye West, MADE, Manhattan, Mercedes Benz, Modern, New York City, New York Post, P Diddy, Painting, Painting of Diddy, Painting Process, Palette, People, Portrait Series, Puff Daddy, Source Image, Studio Visit, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Diddy Commercial, Super Bowl Mercedes Commercial, The Price Is Right, Twitter
02.02.11

Third Portrait: A Very Diddy Mood Board Coming Soon | Comments
Coming soon to a computer monitor near you... Polarizing hip-hop artists are the catalyst for my newest portrait series. Following Jay-Z and Kanye will be the man of many names and enterprises, Diddy. London, Ciroc, Sean John, White Party, a new portrait... all things to expect in the realm of Diddy in early 2011.

Tagged: Art, Artist, Artist Collaboration, Borbay, Borbay Paints Diddy, Borbay.com, Bridget Bardot, Collage Painting, Conversations, Details, Diddy, Diddy Art, Diddy Portrait, Hip Hop Art, Hip Hop Portrait Series, Inspiration, Jason Borbay, Jay Z, Jeremy Penn's Studio, Kanye, Kanye West, Manhattan, Modern, New York City, New York Post, P Diddy, Painting, Painting of Diddy, Painting Process, Palette, People, Portrait Series, Puff Daddy, Source Image, Studio Visit, Twitter