Tag: Steve Jobs

Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture | Presentation and Class Guggenheim Drawings

Borbay 2011 Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture Slides

This past Thursday, I had the honor of guest lecturing for Ryan Seslow‘s Art Appreciation Class at Iona College for a second time. My presentation revolved around my history, work, process, day-to-day and wrapped up with a 30-minute “draw the Guggenheim” exercise.

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Painting Process | Marilyn Monroe, Andy Would Understand

Marilyn Borbay Bombed

A few years back, I was strolling along Madison Avenue when I happened upon an “up-scale” thrift store. There, perched high upon the wall was Blue Marilyn by Andy Warhol — a 25.5″X25.25″ reproduction shimmering in the low light. After no small amount of negotiations,  $125 later I found myself with a fake Andy tucked under my arm, but six blocks from his old townhouse on Lex and 89th.

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Painting Process | Apple Store on 5th Avenue, Target Steve Jobs

Apple Store Painting by Borbay

Apple’s stock finally surpassed the mighty Microsoft, to the chagrin of Steve Ballmer no doubt. But wait, now there is a huge security flaw with the iPad… oh, and Steve Jobs thinks Flash is garbage. And Obama thinks the iPad is a major distraction – he told some recent college grads.

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