Scot Borofsky Papers
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Abstract
Scot Borofsky is a grafitti, studio, and commercial artist. This small collection documents his career in New York City and other places his artwork has been shown.
Biographical Note
Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Scot Borofsky graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and Painting in 1981, and received a Max Beckman Painting Scholarship at The Brooklyn Museum where he worked for one year. Borofsky first achieved notoriety in the New York art world for his 25 spray paintings made in the East Village during the early 80s, and from the subsequent spray paintings that were shown at the Mokotoff Gallery during the remainder of that decade. The artist left New York to return to his native Vermont in 1991. During the 90s, besides raising two boys, organic farming, and working in various fields of specialized construction, Borofsky nurtured his "graffiti symbols" into a mature style of oil painting.
- Coolgrove.com, Undated.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series:
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- Series I: Catalogs
- Series II: Portfolio
- Series III: Media
Series I is arranged chronologically. Series II is in the original order in which it was organized in Scot Borofsky's portfolio.
Scope and Content
This collection contains papers that document Scot Borofsky's career as a graffiti and studio artist. It includes catalogs, programs, and promotion cards from exhibits, articles about Borofsky's art, and a video cassette of a movie in which Borofsky's art is featured.
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People
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Scot Borofsky Papers; MSS 346; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Fales Library by Scot Borofsky in 2012.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
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Series I: Catalogs
"Scot Borofsky: Thoughtwork" - Mokotoff Gallery catalog, 1987
"Scot Borofsky: Paintings" - Mokotoff Gallery catalog, 1988
"Studio in the Street; Street in the Studio" - Battleboro Museum and Arts Center catalog, 2007
Series II: Portfolio
Binding design and business card, Undated
Map of Alphabet City and Pattern Walk, 1984
Photos and catalogs from "Seven from the Street in their Studios", Undated
"Scot Borofsky: Thoughtwork" exhibit card, Undated
"Lower East Side Polygon: Street in the Cellar" at Danceteria - exhibit card, Undated
"Blast" zine - January and February, 1987
Tropical Rain Forest: Benefit Exhibit for Green Ink, Inc." poster, Undated
Picture and article about Borofsky in the Village Voice, 1983
Contemporary Primitive - show at ABC No Rio - exhibit cards and East Village Eye article, 1986
Photographs from unidentified group exhibit, Undated
Manhattan Tenochtitlan - exhibit program, Undated
"Illuminations: The Art of Our Future" group exhibit at Palladium - program, Undated
"New, Used and Improved: Art for the 80's" invitation, 1987
"Exhibition - Scot Borofsky: Collage Cityscape - Oil Landscape" flyer, Undated
"Blast" zine - September, 1986
Bridge Between Hispanic and American Art - exhibit card, 1989
"Land of 1000 Galleries" exhibit card, 1999
"Young American Painters: Barry Stevens" exhibit card, Undated
"Scot Borofsky: Collage Painting" at Seventeenth Street Gallery - exhibit card, Undated
REDTAPE Benefit - exhibit card, 1987
"Scot Borofsky at Life Cafe" cards, 1984
"Pintores de Nueva York" exhibit in Mexico - card, 1988
Pyramid Gallery group show - exhibit card, 1990
Big Deal(s) - group exhibit card, 1984
"The New Generation" exhibit card, Undated
Mask and Figures - group exhibit card, Undated
"Scot Borofsky" exhibit card, Undated
"Beyond Boundaries: A World Mosaic" exhibit card, 1990
"Scot Borofsky: Collage Construction" at Life Cafe - exhibit card, 1983
"Scot Borofsky: Recent Paintings and Sculpture" at Mokotoff Gallery - card, 1986
"Garbaggio" exhibit card, 1985
"One Man Show of Paintings by Scot Borofsky" program, 1986
"5 Windham County Artists" program, 1982
"Leisure Weekly" with Borofsky drawing on front page, 1991
"Scot Borofsky's 911 Series" exhibit card, 2004
"New Paintings by Scot Borofsky" exhibit card, Undated
Series III: Media
Conditions Governing Access
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
"Mixed Blood", 1985, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS Duration: 98 minutes Director: Paul Morrisey
