Word: armstrong
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...Corporation did inform the Board of Overseers, the University's lesser governing board, according to John A. Armstrong '56, an overseer and a close adviser to the Science Policy Committee...
Centered around the work of the late Mark Morrisroe, the exhibition also showcases the art of six other artists who lived, worked and studied in Boston in the late '70s to early '80s. David Armstrong, Philip-Lorca ("PL") diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian) and Shellburne Thurber, as well as Morrisroe, all knew and influenced each other...
...David Armstrong, for example, creates elegant, formal pictures of his friends and lovers. The black and white photography and the careful posed manner of his subjects call to mind traditional portraiture. Yet the slow, intent stare of the subjects conveys a sense of the connection between the artist and the people he photographed. In this way, he achieves a kind of autobiographical gesture in his work...
...stark contrast to the polish of Armstrong is Nan Goldin's raw and gritty photographs of friends, family and herself. Together, the photographs form a kind of diary, recording the people and events important to her and preserving the emotional impact of those moments...
Thurber's pictures also possess a fascination with vivid colors and dramatic lighting, a trait that she shares with Philip-Lorca diCorcia. "Pl.," as his friends call him, combines the retirement of Armstrong with Thurber's sensitivity to the nuances of light and color...