I move just enough so no one takes me for dead before my time comes.
(Anonymous text found by Ana Jotta in the streets of Lisbon)
The exhibition is curated by Miguel Wandschneider.
David Armstrong (1954–2014) was an American photographer based in New York. Associated with the Boston School, his work has been influential in photography, art and fashion. He was celebrated for his tender and unabashed portraits of the people closest to him. Over four decades and in a time of societal turmoil, Armstrong generated both a style-defining portrait of his subculture and a deeply moving panorama of beauty, queerness and intimacy. This first overview of Armstrong’s oeuvre in Europe will include numerous unpublished photographs.
u is part artist, part vessel—a transferable personal alias, and a social interaction. u’s project spaces (2018–ongoing) are small boxes made of clear packing tape that act as a medium for collaborations with other artists and curators. u initiates the process by sending an empty project space to selected practitioners as an invitation to join an artistic dialogue, a new relationship and often a finished artwork. Thus u also performs the role of a curator by providing each participant carte blanche within an exhibition space that is small, but very flexible. As a result, the individual collaborators are foregrounded, while the initiator takes a backseat behind the easily overlooked lowercase letter ‘u’ (shorthand for the English word ‘you’). This collaborative way of thinking and working deliberately resists elaborate, commercial production mechanisms and allows for collaborations far beyond national borders. The heart of the project is to expand the concept of curating to include the interests of artists and to promote artistic exchange.
For Backrooms, new collaborations have been initiated with the artists mentioned above. The exhibition unfolds in two parts: first, the plain project spaces will be exhibited before being sent to the participants, and in the second part, the outcomes of the collaborations will be showcased.
Kunsthalle Zürich curator Otto Bonnen is present in the space to introduce the project.
The exhibition is located in the backrooms, Kunsthalle Zürich basement.
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