Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, 6 March – 15 April 2012;
Somerset, Hestercombe Gallery, A Personal Passion, 25 April – 5 July 2015;
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, 23 October 2016 – 8 January 2017;
Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Reflection: British Art in an Age of Change, 17 August 2019 – 5 January 2020
Literature:
Andrew Lambirth, John Armstrong: The Paintings, London 2009 (illustrated, no. 441, p. 200)
People scurry through the streets of a nightmarish city. They seem to be hiding beneath their umbrellas as buildings fall apart around them. Armstrong’s horror of nuclear weapons may have inspired this nightmarish painting.
