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Carnegie Museum of Art presents Forum 58: Jonathan Borofsky-Human Structures

November 20, 2006

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Artist Jonathan Borofsky, who for the past decade has focused almost exclusively on large-scale public sculpture, returns to the museum space with Human Structures, an environmental installation at Carnegie Museum of Art, on view in the Forum Gallery December 2, 2006-March 11, 2007. Human Structures consists of approximately 2,000 brightly colored, interlocking male and female figures made of transparent Lexan (a high-end industrial strength plastic). The artist will extend the exhibition from the gallery space into the Scaife Lobby, where he will install a complementary sculpture of geometric human figures made from galvanized steel, as well as a series of three screen prints. Borofsky has also composed an original music score to accompany the exhibition.

"With this exhibition, Jonathan Borofsky revisits his longstanding exploration of the human form, but with a distinctly contemporary aesthetic," says exhibition organizer and Carnegie Museum of Art assistant curator of contemporary art, Heather Pesanti. "His work is direct and powerful, and offers a unique vision for those who immerse themselves in it."

Human Structures encourages the visitor to walk around and through the exhibition and offers an engaging aesthetic experience. It also suggests a conceptual interpretation of the contrasts between the internal psychological experience and exterior physical reality.

In May 2006, Borofsky installed the large-scale public sculpture Walking to the Sky on the campus of neighboring Carnegie Mellon University, where Borofsky received his BFA in 1964.

Program:
Artist's Lecture: Jonathan Borofsky
Friday, December 1, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
CMA Theater
Reception follows.

Jonathan Borofsky speaks about the trajectory of his work, and discusses his most recent installation at Carnegie Museum of Art and the 100-foot-high steel and fiberglass sculpture Walking to the Sky on the Carnegie Mellon University campus.

Support:
Forum 58: Jonathan Borofsky is made possible by grants from the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation and the Kraus Family Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Associates of Carnegie Museum of Art.

General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Images for Forum 58: Jonathan Borofsky are available online. Contact the communications office at 412.688.8690 for the access code.

Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection and exhibition of architectural representations and to the study of all aspects of the built environment. For more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131.