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Bornstein Art 1965-2024
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In 2022, All of Stephen Bornstein’s art work and personal library were accepted into the permanent archives in the Burke library at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York 
 
 
 
 
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Key to Bornstein's Art

  1. Probably first post scroll, free standing painting. Painted January 1966 while living in Suzanne Stanberry’s house in Venice California. Back of painting as inscription to her.
  2. Face appeared out of the water. Always felt it was a Arjun from the Bhagavad-Gita. However, also felt it was me. 1966.
  3. 1968, Buddha and lotus flower.
  4. NYC 1968
  5. NYC 1968
  6. Original“Tanka” from scroll. With artist’s actual visions.
  7. From Plato‘s Republic. Men’s highest character. 1969.
  8. Buddha NYC 1968
  9. Painted in Mexico, 1967
  10. Day-glow period. 1970.
  11. Gigul Neshimot. Transmigration of the souls. 1971.
  12. NYC 1972
  13. NYC 1968
  14. Original “stream of consciousness” painting. NYC 1972.
  15. From Plato‘s Republic. Man’s animal instincts. Mexico 1969.
  16. Combination of styles. NYC 1973.
  17. NYC 1970.
  18. Mexico, 1969
  19. Flow. NYC 1968
  20. All Humanity’s situation. Mexico 1970.
  21. 1971.
  22. 1971.
  23. Buddha with green hair 1972
  24. Water Flow study. 1968.
  25. Water Flow study. 1968.
  26. Day glow sun. 1970
  27. Face in Water stain 1969
  28. Horizontal, 1973.
  29. Pure Mexico. 1970
  30. Face in the crowd. 1972
  31. Face with rays . 1972
  32. Swirl, water flow study. 1968
  33. Classic characters 1968
  34.  Abstract
  35. Faces. 1970
  36. Faces. 1974
  37. Artist’s personal favorite. “Untimely Death” 2014.
  38. Mother’s Family history and how they survived WWII “Einhorn 7- Hitler 0. 2019. See website.
  39. Joseph’s interpretation of the pharaoh’s dream. Artist favorite biblical segment. Beginning of predictive science. Artist Identifies the pharaoh as Amenhopt the third. 2018.
  40. From a photo taken by the artist. Allen Ginsberg’s last, 1997 haircut by the late Regina Del Falco. Miami 2000
  41. Artist concept for orígenes of 20th century fascism in ancient Roman civilization and the implementation of the Holocaust with the repeated connection of Jews and communism.
  42. Watercolor painting of Cesarea, Israel with a specially created website. Given as a gift to cousins in Israel. 2018. see website.
  43. Pen and ink. 1972
  44. Digital art. Mike’s cigars period. 1999
  45. Digital art. Delano hotel. 1999
  46. Domino players in Havana. 2000
  47. Miami Beach 1920 Art Deco construction. 1999
  48. Frontispiece to book of Etchings on Kabbalah. 1971
  49. “Apparitions at first gate.” “To those who enter on borrowed prayers”. 1972
  50. Sacred geometry. 1972
  51. Kabbalistic concept of rising through the various levels of heaven using ecstatic prayer.
  52. Anti-Vietnam war protest etching. 1970.
  53. Moses on mountain. Teacher Moses written in Hebrew. Prophet Moses written in Arabic.
  54. Taoist concept of heaven and earth. Chinese polarity expressed with I Ching symbolism.
  55. Protest etching against Civil War in Biafa 1974.
  56. Bronze gold plated sculpture of Moses as both pharaoh and chief of Hebrews. Below bust is Ten Commandments tablet written in both Hebrew script and ancient Egyptian heretic hieroglyphics with circumcision knife.
  57. Same
  58. Kabbalistic concept of “Tizmtzum”. Issac Luria’s Concept of duality in unity. Sculpture shows modified with artist’s additional unity at end of process. 2004.
  59. Hand and Qi 2003
  60.  Amen, the Bull. Chief god of Egypt. The power behind civilization. Simultaneously domesticated in Egypt, Mesopotamia,India, and China.
  61. Study of tetrahedrons in Three dimensions. 2005
  62. Same
  63. Amen-Ra, and The menorah. Probably this Artist’s most controversial piece. Demonstrates arguable proof of the origins of the Jewish religion in ancient Egyptian religion. Silver with 24k gold plated.
  64. Playful front surface mirror sculpture. 2007
  65. Same
  66. Sculpting in four dimensions. Uses a highly polished silver sheet metal front surface mirror. 2005
  67. Sculptured interpretation of Botticelli’s Venus. Silver, gold plated. Uses metal as mirrors to bend light from behind arm and hair. Also has diamond eyes. 2003
  68. Rattlesnake created in Texas after artist’s runin with real snake.
  69. Artist’s interpretation of actual pre- Colombian deity he saw during a documentary photo shoot. Silver with gold and platinum plating and blue diamond eyes. 2003
  70. Artist’s interpretation of ancient bronze bust of Akadian ruler. Silver with gold plating and diamond eye. 2004
  71. Reverse depth sculpture Optical illusion. What you are seeing is a concave sculpture that appears convex. Look at the very top you’ll see that it is going in, concave. Proof that the mind can be fooled. 2004
  72. Mexico, Chiapas watercolor 1967
  73. Same
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  75. Idealized sketch of Coatzacoalcos Mexico 1968
  76. Sketch of Antonio Gorra’s Home in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico 1969. See website
  77. Hydrogen energy triptych 2004. See website
  78. Same, See website
  79. Same, See website
  80. Same, See website
  81. Graphic from artist’s presentation on his concept for “hydrogen electrical energy generation” see website.
  82. Graphic from artist’s concept on “hydrogen water paradigm” see website.
  83. Graphic from video of artist three dimensional light sculptures. 3-D light sculpture is a concept first developed in 1964 with Jerry Jofen’s 16mm avant-garde films in Brooklyn using colored cheese cloth. These light sculptures, now use computers. See large sample See small YouTube
  84. Film and blog of Large 30’ high, 3-D light sculpture constructed for City of Austin 2012 New Year’s celebration. Film was awarded prize during the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film festival. See Website.
  85. Graphic from artist’s website on Qigong. For a friend who is practitioner. 2018. See website 
  86. Graphic for artist’s presentation of Taoist concept of universe. 2018 see website 
  87. Artist’s latest piece. Shows 3-D Yin-Yang symbol. A concept Bornstein and his friend Master So have been pondering for several years. Entitled “Verticitatem versus Taiji”. 2021, Austin. Western Polarity vs Eastern Polarity. “Verticitatem” means Polarity in Latin. Chinese characters, Taiji means “supreme ultimate state” in Taoist Chinese philosophy.
  88. Artist’s Infrared Zoom Video of Sagittarius A. An actual trip to center of Milky Way Galaxy. Artist is narrating video. See Blog







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