I’m reposting Borbay’s piece for Max’s Kansas City. Below is his response to: What Art Means to Me. Thanks to Borbay for giving us an uncensored poetic response. Learn more about Borbay.

For Max’s Kansas City | What Art Means to Me, A Visual Diagram and Semi-Poetic Diatribe

By Jason Borbay

Art is Freedom,

to be overtly commercial like Andy,

Warhol, yet tortured, and full of drugs ala Basquiat,

Painting the Guggenheim once a year,

for 20 years, with different grades of Facial Hair,

In plain sight, in plein air,

Art is Manhattan,

Parties real and fake,

Collaging a surface, any surface, being Borbay,

Adding Paint, landing Commissions,

Making Money, creating a job,

hitting the Blog,

generating Press through the Photography of my work,

Schmoozing with the big bucks,

celebrating Sales, sealing smart Contracts,

a Hustle Jay Z would respect,

Cocktails to celebrate,

hitting my Up or Downtown Studio,

crafting my Image, out to obliterate,

the Myth of the starving artist,

Traveling to paint and deliver paintings,

a puff of the Tangerine, a glass of Scotch,

Living my Life, the life of an artist, like Jasper Johns,

only different,

meeting Collectors through the Wall Street Journal,

Japan, shameless self-promotion on Twitter,

Staring down a Rauschenberg, any Rauschenberg will do,

back to the Tangerine, out for some Neo Rauch,

more hustle on Facebook, some gritty Bearden collage work,

Meticulous Schwitters creations,

out to Educate the world and artists,

support and love from my fiancé Erin,

Any movie by Woody Allen, pre 1990,

Fellow artists I love, Penn, Lankin, Hessel, Danko, Seslow, Sanders, Zepeda, more,

Balancing my life with ice hockey,

Taking in, admiring, or creating film,

Painting a wooden bunny with Mom at age four,

Time Out New York and my man Tony D pimpin my wares,

Striving for anonymous Celebrity,

A salute to Mrs. Livesey, my high school art teacher,

the brilliant, inspirational and textural New York Post,

incredible support from Josh and the team at BevForce.

My life as a professional location artist.