David Armstrong: All Day Every Day

by David G. Armstrong

Beauty was never a dirty word for David Armstrong. Untroubled by others' puritan fears of sensuality or by the follies of this or that zeitgeist, Armstrong has long pursued his twin vision of urban romance and bucolic serenity. All Day Every Day presents the artist's landscapes, interiors, and cityscapes, wistful and evocative images that discreetly suggest stories of love and loss, that bespeak the solitary pleasures of a flaneur adrift on urban streets and rural roads. A street corner, the facade of a skyscraper, blossoming trees, a chair in a room on a late afternoon: these are the elusive quotidian promises of happiness that Armstrong so elegantly captures, generously inviting viewers to interweave their own desires and reveries with his intricately languid images. Underlying Armstrong's radical aesthetic, we sense the utopian fervor of a revolt against utilitarianism, dogmatic narrow-mindedness, and the stifling fear of the senses and the body that still pervades our culture. Hardcover, 12 x 16.5 images, 144 pages, 85 color images.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2002

Reviews

[Aaron the Pink Donut · Rating 1 out of 5]

not my cup of tea. Blurry uninspired photos of various interiors and exteriors. I applaud the effort but his figurative work is soooooo much better.