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'''David Bradley Armstrong''' (May 24, 1954 – October 26, 2014) was an American photographer based in [[New York (state)|New York.]], United States.
 
Armstrong first exhibited his work in 1977 and had one-person shows in New York City, Boston, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Lisbon, Munich, and Amsterdam. His work was included in numerous group museum exhibitions including ''Visionsthe from1995 America:[[Whitney PhotographsBiennial]],<ref>''Whitney fromBiennial'', The(New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001'' in 2003,1995)</ref> ''Emotions and Relations'' at the [[Hamburger Kunsthalle]] in 1998, and the''Photography 1995in Boston: 1955–1985'' at the [[WhitneyDeCordova BiennialMuseum]] in Lincoln in 2000.<ref>[http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/artists/david-armstrong David Armstrong] [[Matthew Marks Gallery]], New York/Los Angeles.</ref><ref>''Whitney Biennial'', (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995)</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Armstrong was born in 1954, in [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], one of four sons of Robert and Irma Armstrong.<ref name="Paul Vitello 2014">Paul Vitello (October 31, 2014), [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/fashion/news/david-armstrong-photographer-of-subcultures-dies-at-60.html David Armstrong, Photographer of Subcultures, Dies at 60] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> He graduated from the Satya Community School, an alternative high school in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he met [[Nan Goldin]] at the age of 14.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">Jane Harris, "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-harris/homework-photographer-dav_b_1142479.html Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson Avenue]", 19 December 2011. Accessed 15 December 2017.</ref> David openly identified as gay.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vitello |first=Paul |date=2014-11-01 |title=David Armstrong, Photographer of Subcultures, Dies at 60 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/fashion/news/david-armstrong-photographer-of-subcultures-dies-at-60.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On October 26, 2014, at the age of 60, he died in [[Los Angeles, California]] due to liver cancer.<ref name="Paul Vitello 2014"/>
 
==Career==
Armstrong entered into the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|School of the Museum of Fine Arts]] in Boston as a painting major, but soon switched to photography after studying alongside Goldin, with whom he shared an apartment.<ref name="Paul Vitello 2014"/> He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and [[Cooper Union]] from 1974–781974 to 1978, and he earned a B.F.A from [[Tufts University]] in 1988 and Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art in [[Boston]].<ref name="JedRoot"/>
 
During the late 1970s, Armstrong became associated with the "Boston School" of photography, which included artists such as Nan Goldin, [[Mark Morrisroe]] and [[Jack Pierson]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> <!--Their aesthetic was based on intimate snapshot portraits in saturated color.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> At that time Goldin shot in bw, as did Armstrong.-->
 
Armstrong first received critical attention for his intimate black and white portraits of men, lovers and friends, which were shown at [[MoMA PS1|PS1]]'s 1981''New York/New Wave'' exhibition, and later published prominently in the monograph "The Silver Cord."
Armstrong first received critical attention for his intimate portraits of men, either lovers or friends, in sharp focus.<ref>David Armstrong, "The Silver Cord", (New York: Scalo, 1997)</ref> In the nineties, he began to photograph cityscapes and landscapes in [[soft focus]] to contrast with the resolution of his portraits. Street lights, electric signs and cars are reduced to a sensual mottled blur, complementing the vividness and tactility of his portraits.<ref name="JedRoot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jedroot.com/photogr/da/armstrong-bio.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423095449/http://www.jedroot.com/photogr/da/armstrong-bio.php |archive-date=April 23, 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 
In 19811996, ArmstrongGoldin created a series of black-and-white portraits which he showed at [[MoMA PS1|PS1]]'s ''New York/New Wave'' exhibition. In 1996, [[Elisabeth Sussman]], curator of photographs at the [[Whitney Museum]], enlisted Armstrong's help in composing Goldin's first retrospective. SheSussman gained such respect for Armstrong’s eye, she acquired a few of his pieces for the Whitney permanent collection and he was subsequently featured in the Whitney 1994 biennial.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/fashion/interview-with-david-armstrong-photographer.html?pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=A Portraitist's Eye Gazes on Fashion|date=2012-04-12|access-date=2017-01-19|first1=William|last1=Van Meter}}</ref>
 
Armstrong’s work has also appeared in publications such as ''[[Vogue Paris]]'', ''[[Men's Vogue|L'Uomo Vogue]]'', ''[[Arena Homme +]]'', ''[[GQ]]'', ''Self Service'', ''[[Another Magazine|Another Man]]'' and ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Japanese Vogue]]'' and he has worked on the advertising campaigns of companies such as [[Zegna]], René Lezard, [[Kenneth Cole Productions|Kenneth Cole]], [[Burberry]], [[Puma SE|Puma]], and Barbara Bui.<ref name="JedRoot">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jedroot.com/photogr/da/armstrong-bio.php |title=Jed Root, Inc |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423095449/http://www.jedroot.com/photogr/da/armstrong-bio.php |archive-date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} This link is the source for big chunks of c+p here.</ref> He once shot editorials for ''Wonderland'', ''Vogue Hommes'' and ''[[Purple (magazine)|Purple]]''.<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
 
Although hishe primaryis subjectsbest includeknown today for his portraits of young boys and men, Armstrong's first solo show at [[Matthew Marks Gallery]] in 1995 was titled ''Landscapes.'' He also released a book of land and cityscapes in 2002[[soft focus]], entitled ''All Day, Every Day.''<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/>
 
==Publications==▼
* with Nan Goldin.''A Double Life.'' Scalo, Zurich/New York 1994, {{ISBN|1-881616-21-5}}.
*''The Silver Cord.'' Afterword by Nan Goldin. Scalo, Zurich/New York 1997. {{ISBN|3-931141-48-9}}.
<!--*''Faces of Hope: AIDS and Addiction in America.'' Foreword by [[Rory Kennedy]]. Legal Action Center/A.R.T. Press, New York 2001, {{ISBN|0-923183-27-2}}. Could be, but may be not this David Armstrong, who only wrote a text for the book. There are writers and medical scientists with that name. -->
*''All Day Every Day.'' Edited by Martin Jaeggi, with a conversation by Armstrong and Jaeggi. Scalo, Zurich/New York 2002, {{ISBN|3-908247-56-X}}.
*''David Armstrong: 615 Jefferson Avenue.'' By Armstrong,Edited by Nick Vogelson, and Anton Aparin, andintroduction by [[Boyd Holbrook]]. Damiani, Bologna 2011., {{ISBN|886208178288-6208-178-2}}.▼
*''Night and Day.'' Poem and cover artwork by [[Rene Ricard]]. Edition of 1000. Mörel, London 2015, {{ISBN|1-907071-28-8}}.
*''Polaroids.''<!-- Edited or text? by Frank O'Hara.--> Edition of 1000. Mörel, London 2015, {{ISBN|1-907071-41-5}}.
 
==Exhibitions==
<!--Are these all solo shows (except the first)? institutional group shows already separated. -->
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/galleries/clampart/artist-david-armstrong/|title=Artworks by David Armstrong at ClampArt on artnet|website=Artnet.com|accessdate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
=== Gallery shows ===
* ''A Double Life'', [[Matthew Marks Gallery]], New York City, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/1993-12-08_nan-goldin-and-david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - Nan Goldin and David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>▼
* ''LandscapesNan Goldin and David Armstrong: A Double Life'', [[Matthew Marks Gallery]], New York City, 19951993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/19951993-0312-16_david08_nan-goldin-and-david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - Nan Goldin and David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> (book, see ''Publications'' above)
* ''The Silver CordLandscapes'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 19971995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/19971995-0403-03_david16_david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
▲* ''AThe DoubleSilver LifeCord'', [[Matthew Marks Gallery]], New York City, 19931997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/19931997-1204-08_nan-goldin-and-david03_david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - Nan Goldin and David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> (book, see ''Publications'' above)
* ''Emotions and Relations'', Hamburger Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany, 1998
* GallerieGalerie Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka, Amsterdam, Thethe Netherlands, 1998
* Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy, 1998
* ''New Photographs'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/1999-09-24_david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
* Scalo New York, New York City, 1999
* Galerie Fricke, Berlin, Germany, 1999
* Judy Goldman Fine Art, Boston, 1999
* Bang Street Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1999
* JoaoJoão Graça, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000
* Open Studio, Toronto, Canada, 2000
* ''New Editions,'' Marlborough Graphics, New York City, 2000▼
* ''Photography in Boston: 1955 – 1985'', DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 2000 (catalogue {{ISBN|0262122294}})▼
* ''Faces,'' Bang Street Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2000▼
▲* New Editions, Marlborough Graphics, New York City, 2000
* ''Cityscapes and Landscapes'', Galerie M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germamy, 2001<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.galeriefricke.de/news/duesseldorf.htm|title=Galerie M + R Fricke - Internationale Kunst der Gegenwart Berlin|first=Marion und Roswitha|last=Fricke|website=Galeriefricke.de|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>▼
▲* Faces, Bang Street Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2000
▲* ''Cityscapes and Landscapes'', Galerie M+R Fricke, Düsseldorf, 2001<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.galeriefricke.de/news/duesseldorf.htm|title=Galerie M + R Fricke - Internationale Kunst der Gegenwart Berlin|first=Marion und Roswitha|last=Fricke|website=Galeriefricke.de|accessdate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
* Bang Street Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2001
* ''CITYCity: Prints and Photographs from the 30's30s through Today'', Brooke Alexander<!--[[Brooke Alexander]]?-->, New York City, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baeditions.com/installation-views/city-installation.htm|title=ExhbitionCity: ThePrints and Photographs from the 30's through Today City|website=Baeditions.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809073413/http://baeditions.com/installation-views/city-installation.htm|archive-date=August 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Places and People, L.A.'' Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt, Germany, 2001
* ''Building Dwelling Thinking,'' Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, 2001
* ''Tenth Anniversary Exhibition,: 100 Drawings and Photographs,'' Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 2001 (catalogue, {{ISBN|1-880146-34-7}})<ref>[https://matthewmarks.com/publications/books/100-drawings-and-photographs-tenth-anniversary-exhibition-2001?modal=open Archived catalogue].</ref>
* ''City Light'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/2002-01-12_david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
* ''David Armstrong: All Day Every Day'', Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, 2002
* ''Visions from America. Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001'', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, 2002 (catalogue {{ISBN|978-3791327877}})▼
* ''Recent Acquisitions'', Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2002▼
* ''David Armstrong: portraits and other works, early and recent'', Galerie M + R Fricke, Düsseldorf, 2003<ref name="auto"/>
* ''Flesh Tones: 100 Years of the Nude'', Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/21/arts/art-in-review-flesh-tones-100-years-of-the-nude.html|title=ART IN REVIEW; 'Flesh Tones' -- '100 Years of the Nude'|first=Ken|last=Johnson|date=March 21, 2003|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017|website=Nytimes.com[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* ''Your Picture on My Wall'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York City, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/exhibitions/2004-01-16_david-armstrong/|title=Exhibition - David Armstrong - Matthew Marks Gallery|website=Matthewmarks.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Indigestible Correctness II'', Kenny Schachter Gallery, New York City, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/arts/art-in-review-indigestible-correctness.html|title=ART IN REVIEW; 'Indigestible Correctness'|first=Holland|last=Cotter|date=April 23, 2004|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017|website=Nytimes.com[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>▼
* ''Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists'', CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.wattis.org/exhibitions/likeness-portraits-artists-other-artists|title=Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts|website=archive.wattis.org|accessdate=December 15, 2017}}</ref>▼
▲* ''Indigestible Correctness II'', Kenny Schachter Gallery, New York City, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/arts/art-in-review-indigestible-correctness.html|title=ART IN REVIEW; 'Indigestible Correctness'|first=Holland|last=Cotter|date=April 23, 2004|accessdate=December 15, 2017|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref>
* ''Model Boy'', Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, 2006
* ''Some Tribes'', Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=https://christopheguye.com/exhibitions/some-tribes/introduction|title=Some Tribes|website=Christopheguye.com|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
* ''True Romance - Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute'', Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ), Vienna, 2007▼
 
▲==Publications==
===Publications by Armstrong===
*''Polariods.'' 2013. {{ISBN|1907071415}}.
*''David Armstrong: All Day Every Day.'' 2002. {{ISBN|390824756X}}.
*''The Silver Cord.'' 1997. {{ISBN|3931141489}}.
 
=== Institutional group shows ===
===Publications with others===
* ''Emotions and Relations'', "Five from Boston": Goldin, Armstrong, [[Mark Morrisroe]], [[Jack Pierson]] and [[Philip-Lorca diCorcia]], curated by [[F. C. Gundlach]]. [[Hamburger Kunsthalle]], Hamburg, Germany, 1998 (catalogue: Taschen, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-82287507-4)
*''Night and Day.'' By Armstrong, Rene Richard and Jack Pierson. 2012 {{ISBN|1907071288}}.
▲* ''Photography in Boston: 1955 – 19851955–1985'', [[DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park]], Lincoln, Massachusetts, 2000 (catalogue, {{ISBN|0262122294}})
▲*''David Armstrong: 615 Jefferson Avenue.'' By Armstrong, Nick Vogelson, Anton Aparin and Boyd Holbrook. 2011. {{ISBN|8862081782}}.
▲* ''Visions from America. Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001'', [[Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York City, 2002 (catalogue, {{ISBN|978-3791327877}})
*''A Double Life.'' By Armstrong and Nan Goldin. 1994 {{ISBN|1881616215}}.
▲* ''Recent Acquisitions'', [[Dallas Museum of Art]], Texas, 2002
*''Faces of Hope:AIDS and Addiction in America.''By Armstrong and Rory Kennedy. 2001{{ISBN|978-0923183271}}.
▲* ''Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists'', CCA [[Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts]], San Francisco, 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.wattis.org/exhibitions/likeness-portraits-artists-other-artists|title=Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts|website=archive.wattis.org|accessdateaccess-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>
▲* ''True Romance - Allegorien der Liebe von der Renaissance bis heute'', [[Kunsthalle Wien]], (HalleVienna, 12007/08, Hallesubsequently 2[[Kunsthalle imKiel]] MQ)and [[Villa Stuck]], ViennaMunich (catalogue, 2007ISBN 978-3-8321-9049-1)
 
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▲[[Category:American LGBTQ photographers]]
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