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Nan Goldin
American • b. 1953
Biography
American artist Nan Goldin uses photography to expose the intimate and vulnerable nature of her personal life. Her photographs are raw, authentic, sexual and, at times, highly violent. Her most famous series, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, chronicles Goldin's life during the late 1970s and '80s, following the artist through the gritty, abusive and often dangerous situations she put herself through.
The material being half-autobiographical and half-universal, Goldin attempts to depict the complexities of city living by way of diaristic practices. Having shot New York during its golden years, she has created an expansive archive of the AIDS crisis, drug abuse in the 1980s, underground culture and urban development.
Insights
Goldin titled The Ballad of Sexual Dependency after a song in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera.
Much of the pain present in Goldin's photographs stems from her sister Barbara's suicide.
Photographer David Armstrong is credited with coining Nancy Goldin's nickname, "Nan."
"I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I've lost."
Recent Nan Goldin headlines, Powered by Articker
30 April 2021 | Dazed Digital
Nan Goldin chronicles her life in lockdown in this new photo series28 April 2021 | Musée Magazine
Exhibition Review: Nan Goldin at Marian Goodman Gallery26 April 2021 | Widewalls
New, Arresting Work by Nan Goldin Goes On View in New York22 April 2021 | Artnet
Art Industry News: The Sacklers Hired a Private Investigator to Tail Nan Goldin and Other Activists, a New Book Claims + Other Stories22 April 2021 | Artlyst
Nan Goldin Harassed By Sackler PI – Olafur Eliasson Climate Change Initiative – Sotheby’s First Women-Only Artists Sale
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Nan Goldin
Bruce in his car, NYC
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Valerie floating in the sea, Mayreaux
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Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike, NYC
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Guido Floating, Levanzo, Sicily
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French Chris on the convertible, NYC
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Anthony by the sea, Brighton, England
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Gina at Bruce’s dinner party, NYC
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Gina at Bruce's dinner party NYC
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Yogo in the Mirror, Bangkok
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Toon, Cee and So at Bar, Bangkok
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Joey in my mirror, Berlin 1992; and Joey in my vanity mirror, NYC 1999, from Double Exposure
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James King: Supermodel
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Cookie in Hawaii 5-0 bathroom, NYC
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Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreau Island
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Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike, N.Y.C.
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Kim and Mark in the Red Car, Newton, MA, 1978
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Bruce in the Smoke, Solftara, Pozzuoli, Italy
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Kim in Rhinestones, Paris
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Christmas at the Other Side, Boston
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Valerie Floating in the Sea, Mayreaux
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Suzanne with Mona Lisa, Mexico City
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Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike, N.Y.C.
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Skyline from my window, NY
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Aqua Sea, Mykonos, Greece
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