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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
01.10.11

Jay-Z Painting Hits The Source, Roc4Life, Soul Culture, Upscale Swagger and More General Action, Press Release | Comments
The Source Roc4Life OndDaReal Upscale Swagger Soul Culture Twisted Musik Mix 206 Ruthless Blogs The Queen's Castle Thank you for the love.

Tagged: Art, Artist, Borbay, Borbay Jay-Z, Borbay.com, Collage Painting, Conversations, Hip Hop Painting, HipHop Art, HipHop Painting, Jason Borbay, Jay-Z Painting, JayZ Painting, Manhattan, Mix 206, Modern, New York City, On Da Real, OnDaReal, Painting, Painting Process, People, Promotion, Queen's Castle, Roc4Life, Ruthless Blogs, Soul Culture, The Source, The Source Borbay's Jay-Z Painting, Time Out New Yorks Most Creative New Yorker, Twisted Musik, Upscale Swagger, Urbanizando Neuba Yol
01.05.11

Painting Process | Jay-Z the Portrait Painting Process | Comments
Shawn Corey Carter at birth, Jay-Z upon arrival. A man who crafts, packages and delivers words by units of millions eventually becomes the message. It starts with a Rolling Stone cover, a piles of New York Post headlines, and the mission to "figure what is you talkin' bout I don't know what y'all sayin'." After the jump, the process. Continue Reading...

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