David Aaron Greenberg is an American

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, singer,

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, and essayist based in the

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Early life and education

Greenberg attended

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from 1989 to 1993. In 1990, poet

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became a mentor to him. Ginsberg would praise Greenberg to William S. Burroughs as "a very intelligent kid." After he graduated

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from Rutgers, Greenberg briefly lived in Ginsberg's East Village apartment.

Career

Greenberg's paintings and drawings were first exhibited at Alleged Gallery's original

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location in a show curated by Tatiana von Fürstenberg in 1995. Roberta Smith highlighted his “energetic” drawing style in her review of the Na'er Do Wells group show at DNA Studios in 2000. His work has also been exhibited at the National Arts Club. In 1994, Greenberg founded the New York City

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band Pen Pal with poet and drummer Mario Mezzacappa, which would release their album ''Best Boy'' on Evil Teen Records in 1996. 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

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. Greenberg released his first solo album ''Sending Love'' in 2020 on the indie label Arena 01. Soft Skull Press published ''Feeling Gravity's Pull'', a collection of Greenberg's poems. He also collaborated with artist Donald Baechler on 1998's Crowd Paintings (published by Lars Bohman Gallery in

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and 2002's 15 Paintings/15 Texts (published by Bernd Kluser Gallery,

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). His essay on Patti Smith appeared in Parkett; and his tribute to poet and painter

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was published in

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More recently, Greenberg explored the metal sculpture work of

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in an essay published by WhiteHot Magazine. 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, )

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