Multimedia installation with 35mm slides and a programmed soundtrack
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In this installation, viewers are given access to the private relationships, conflicts, and environments of Goldin's social circle. A documentary snapshot of New York counterculture, the work is also an exploration of what Goldin has described as a universal "struggle between autonomy and dependency." It had its origin in slide projections in the artist's loft in New York's Lower East Side in the 1970s; by 1981 the ever–changing and ephemeral performance had matured and moved from apartments and club spaces to galleries and museums, and in 1996 it took the form of this multimedia installation. The narrative sequences of Goldin's intense, colorful photographs with musical accompaniment, influenced by film, trace a range of personal interactions and individual identities.
Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art, September 10, 2008–March 23, 2009.
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Nan Goldin
American, born 1953 21 works onlineNan Goldin’s photographs are like pages of a diary, sharing at once the intimacy of ordinary connections , the isolation of abuse , and the joyful abandon of being with friends.
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