Friday, December 12, 2025 | In-Person 7:00PM | RSVP
ALL A BLUR
Book Signing and Presentation with Bill Armstrong
Over the last 25 years, Bill Armstrong has pioneered the unique approach of blurring appropriated images—a medium at the intersection of photography, painting and collage. All a Blur presents some 300 pulsating color images that offer alternate visions of history, religion and philosophy. Armstrong’s photographs range from mysterious falling figures sourced from the Renaissance to vibrating color spheres akin to Buddhist mandalas. He transforms these into hypnotic visual objects in a volume that is both aesthetically rewarding and a potential pathway to heightened awareness.
—Lyle Rexer
All A Blur
Photographs from the Infinity Series
Photographs by Bill Armstrong
Essays by Lyle Rexer, A.D. Coleman, W. M. Hunt, Katherine Ware
Published by Oro Editions
Size: 10” x 11” Portrait
ISBN: 978-1-966515-32-6
Extent: 336 pages
Binding: Hardbound
Publication Date: Fall 2025
About the artist:
Bill Armstrong is an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer based in New York. His work is represented by CLAMP in New York, Dolby Chadwick in San Francisco, Hackelbury Fine Art in London and Alessia Paladini Gallery in Milan. His Infinity series has been exhibited in over 30 solo and 100 group exhibitions over the past 25 years. Mr. Armstrong’s Sistine Gestures, Last Judgment is a permanent installation in the Vatican Museums in Rome. His work is in many museum collections including the Victoria &; Albert Museum, the Getty Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. His photographs have been published in more than 16 books on photography, including the cover of Lyle Rexer’s Edge of Vision, The Rise of Abstraction in Photography. Mr. Armstrong is on the faculty of the International Center of Photography. He was on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts from 2003-2022.
Any changes to the program will be announced online. All lectures and other events are held at Penumbra Foundation at 7pm. This event is Free to the public.
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