David Aaron Greenberg
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David Aaron Greenberg | |
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Born | David Aaron Greenberg 1971 |
Other names | David Greenberg |
Occupation(s) | artist, poet, songwriter |
Years active | 1991–present |
Website | www |
David Aaron Greenberg (born 1971) is an American artist, singer, songwriter, poet, and essayist based in the New York metropolitan area.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Greenberg attended Rutgers University from 1989 to 1993. In 1990, poet Allen Ginsberg became a mentor to him.[2] Ginsberg would praise Greenberg to William S. Burroughs as "a very intelligent kid."[3] After he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers, Greenberg briefly lived in Ginsberg's East Village apartment.[4]
Career
[edit]Greenberg's paintings and drawings were first exhibited at Alleged Gallery's original Ludlow Street location in a show curated by Tatiana von Fürstenberg in 1995.[5] Roberta Smith highlighted his “energetic” drawing style in her review of the Na'er Do Wells group show at DNA Studios in 2000.[6] His work has also been exhibited at the National Arts Club.[7]
In 1994, Greenberg founded the New York City indie rock band Pen Pal with poet and drummer Mario Mezzacappa, which would release their album Best Boy on Evil Teen Records in 1996.[8] In 1999 he co-founded Disco Pusher, a New York City-based songwriting and production duo, with producer and composer David Sisko, that has collaborated on projects with artists as varied as Toots Hibbert and Ninjasonik.[9][10] Greenberg released his first solo album Sending Love in 2020 on the indie label Arena 01.[11]
Soft Skull Press published Feeling Gravity's Pull, a collection of Greenberg's poems.[12] He also collaborated with artist Donald Baechler on 1998's Crowd Paintings (published by Lars Bohman Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden and 2002's 15 Paintings/15 Texts (published by Bernd Kluser Gallery, Munich, Germany).[13][14] His essay on Patti Smith appeared in Parkett;[15] and his tribute to poet and painter Rene Ricard was published in Art in America[16] More recently, Greenberg explored the metal sculpture work of Bob Dylan in an essay published by WhiteHot Magazine.[17] Greenberg is also the co-author of Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith (with John W. Smith, published in 2003 by the Andy Warhol Museum, ISBN 0-971-56882-0)[18]
In a July 2023 article in Whitehot Magazine, writer Noah Becker said of Greenberg, "Reconsidering ideological and visual givens is a more difficult task than people assume. Greenberg directly tackles this task and reifies and mythifies his subjects, paying homage to the people in his portraits. His process of sifting-down traditional identity and focusing on ethnic specificity, silences pre-conceived notions of what making figurative art should be about.”[19]
Quotes
[edit]"Ultimately, even if it’s the landscapes that I do, the portraits, they’re all a way to elevate the everyday, every day. People are beautiful." –David Aaron Greenberg, In an interview with The Trops
References
[edit]- ^ "David Aaron Greenberg". whitehotmagazine.com. Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art LLC. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Morgan, Bill (2006). I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg. Penguin Books. p. 614. ISBN 0-670-03796-6.
- ^ Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg. Three Rooms Press. 2018. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-941110-70-6.
- ^ "David Greenberg, Phi Beta Kappa Rutgers U. '93, Poet, art curator & essayist, guitar-singer Indie-Rock group..." nga.gov. National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Tatiana Von Furstenberg". dvfff.org. The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Smith, Roberta (4 August 2000). "Art in Review; 'Na'er Do Wells'". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "The Ship of Fools Masquerade". eventbrite.com. Eventbrite. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Best Boy". allmusic.com. RhythmOne. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Disco Pusher". motherwest.com. Mother West. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Producer/Remixer David Sisko Opens Min Max Studios in Midtown". sonicscoop.com. SonicScoop. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Sending Love David Aaron Greenberg". music.apple.com. Apple. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Feeling gravity's pull: poems. WorldCat. OCLC 123345445. Retrieved 15 July 2021 – via worldcat.org.
- ^ "Donald Baechler - Werke, Editionen, Publikationen, Biografie". www.galerieklueser.de. Galerie Klüser. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Baechler, Donald; Greenberg, David (1998). Crowd Paintings. ISBN 9197237051.
- ^ "Parkett Vol. 62 - 2001 Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, John Wesley". parkettart.com. Parkett. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Me and Your Shadow". dialnet.unirioja.es. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Cold Iron Bound: Bob Dylan's Metal Work". whitehotmagazine.com. Noah Becker's White Hot Magazine. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Patti Smith: Dream of Life, Links & Books". POV. PBS. December 30, 2009. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ "Face Time: A Portrait of Painter David Aaron Greenberg". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
External links
[edit]- "american art Resources and Information". Artinamerica.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- "dphome - Recording Artist & Songwriting/Production Team". Discopusher.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- "David Aaron Greenberg". davidaarongreenberg.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.