From Paris, the Brachfeld gallery presents a solo exhibition of David Armstrong.
The exhibition Night and Day is inspired from his eponymous book, published by Aron Mörel Books. The exhibition combines a selection of iconic Kodachrome color snapshots taken between Cape Cod and New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and with some of Armstrong’s first more formal black and white portraits taken during the same period of many of the same characters. The images are a true photographic report of the wild-bohemian nights and innocent mornings of the pre-AIDS east coast downtown scene.
These images also witness a generation of young talented artists who changed the creative horizon such as Rene Ricard, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Waters, Nan Goldin etc.
You’ll be pleased to discover that the photographs at Paris Photo Los Angeles are unmistakably timeless, romantic, life affirming, naturally lit and unavoidably intimate.
A limited edition of 8 signed Night & Day books, published by Mörel, are for sale at the booth, each of them including a unique print (C-print, dimensions 11×7,5cm) of David Armstrong.
booth G3 / New York Street Backlot
April 24, 2013
