David Borawski

exhibitions
upcoming:
EXPERIMENTAL LOOP 2025, NYLAAT House Gallery, Governors Island, NY, June 7-28, 2025 

the fields of eden 2024
group, AEMPIRE
artspace hartford gallery, hartford, ct.




boredom, vice and want 2023
group, just call sol:the legacy of sol lewitt
art gallery at ECSU, willimantic, ct.
bordom, vice and want 2023
of our elaborate plans  2022

two sides to the same coin 2011/23

bordom, vice and want 2023

i know the darkness blinds you 2022
group, proximity, creative arts workshop, new haven, ct.


i know the darkness blinds you, 2022
you can't put the past behind you, 2022

two blows to the back of your head, 2022
exhibition installation view
the time is right for a palace revolution, 2017
exhibition installation view
 review in the New Haven Independant
review on the Daily Nutmeg


gonna cross that fine line 2021
group, working through/working forward, widener gallery, trinity college, hartford,ct.
gonna cross that fine line, (left), worse for wear, (right),  2021


gonna cross that fine line and worse for wear, (left); of our elaborate plans (right) 2021  


gonna cross that fine line, 2021
exhibition installation view
exhibition installation view


la nona ora 2021
solo project, first night event, christ church cathedral, hartford, ct.






equators 2021
collaboration with tnmot aztro, ice box projects, philladelphia, pa










welcome to the jungle 2021
solo, no fly list, suffield, ct.






no more half measures, 2021 

nothing lasts forever 2020
group, silk flowers, contemporary art galleries, storrs, ct.
wear the weary hours down
review in the Hartford Courant


still in the difficulty (reconsider everything) 2020
group, NOW, ely center of contemporary art, new haven, ct.
still in the difficulty
wear the weary hours down wear the weary hours down
review in the New Haven Register


you go forward i go backward somewhere we will meet 2020
group, mill street, alternative space, new haven, ct.
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down wear the weary hours down
review in the New Haven Independant


murder for a jar of red rum 2020
solo, pegasus gallery, middlesex community college, middletown, ct.
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
the annihilation of space and time, 2019 (left), torture is the main attraction, 2020 (center), game changer, 2019 (right)

wear the weary hours down
when the whip comes down, 2019 (left), beauty is to expose the cruelty in men, 2020 (right)

wear the weary hours down
torture is the main attraction, 2020 (video monitor), game changer, 2019 (right)


torture is the main attraction, 2020

wear the weary hours down let the good times roll, 2020 (video), Close Enough But Not Too Far (Fighting Fire With Fire), 2020 (flag)

wear the weary hours down

Pledged Against A Ruin It Cannot Forestall 2019
portal: governors island, new york, ny.
said my name is disturbance said my name was disturbance, 2019

Raw Power is Laughing at You and Me Raw Power is Laughing at You and Me
raw power is laughing at you and me, 2019

Some men just want to watch the world burn Some men just want to watch the world burn some men just want to watch the world burn, 2019

controlled Transmission #2 controlled transmission #2, 2018

warehouse of souls warehouse of souls warehouse of souls, 2019

pledged against a ruin it cannot forestall pledged against a ruin it cannot forestall Pledged Against A Ruin It Cannot Forestall, 2019

controlled transmission # controlled transmission #1, 2018

killer on the road killer on the road
killer on the road, 2019


the first act of violence 2019
spring break art show, new york, ny.
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down



the time of our time has come and gone 2018
3 person, curmudgeon, odetta, brooklyn, ny.
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
wear the weary hours down
the time of our time has come and gone, 2018

wear the weary hours down bars and stripes, 2018

wear the weary hours down bars and stripes, 2018

wear the weary hours down


blown away 2018
solo, ebk gallery, hartford, ct.
wear the weary hours down one for tomorrow one just for today, 2017

wear the weary hours down installation view

wear the weary hours down not looking for a new way to die, 2017

wear the weary hours down details


same as it ever was 2017
group, align-able angles, schelfhaudt gallery, bridgeport, ct.
wear the weary hours down installation view
wear the weary hours down same as it ever was, 2017

wear the weary hours down (left) outside in, (right) bars and stripes, 2017
wear the weary hours down (left) no justice, 2014, (right) the time is right for a palace revolution, 2017
wear the weary hours down (left) no peace, 2014, (right)the time is right for a palace revolution, 2017
wear the weary hours down same as it ever was, [detail], 2017


statement

i am inspired by the pivotal social and political events that have shaped our world.  i make work that is a conceptually driven investigation of these ideas and their impact upon everyday life.   the work is presented in installations that combine multiple individual pieces (sculpture, video, photography, painting, drawing), arranged within the proscribed space to form provocative visual and intellectual layers.   some pieces may be revisited and revised within a new exhibitiion.  the original subtext is brought into the mix and then reacts to the new arrangement.

 

the pieces employ suggestive titles and visual references, (rock and roll song lyrics, sexual inuendo, art history, industrial design), which draw upon sub/conscious nostalgia as a means of stimulating multiple readings.

positioning the work within this cognitive framework allows for it to reflect on current and historical events from several different perspectives.

 

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