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Nan Goldin
My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris
1996

Name: My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris
Brand: Nan Goldin
Price: 14950 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is one of the most influential, yet arguably underrated, photographers of the 20th century. Beginning in the 1970's Goldin took candid shots of her friends and lovers, characters often living on the margins of society. Following William Eggleston, Nan Goldin made an significant contribution to the evolution of color photography. "My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris” is an intimate still-life taken of her unmade bed scattered with fruit and open notebooks. The picture portrays a delicate tangle of bed sheets and blankets illuminated by soft window light. It holds a quality of honesty and rawness that is essential to Goldin’s creative expression. While most are familiar with Goldin's portraits, her interiors and still lifes are an important element in her oeuvre. Her work from the 1990's, which remains the most coveted, emanate quiet contemplation while still retaining her exceptional framing and frequent haze. Goldin's images of private spaces, typically bedrooms, both continue Eggleston's innovations, but are incredibly personal and intimate. With its muted color palette and square crop, this composition is somewhat unusual for Goldin’s work as most of her images are printed in a format close to 28" x 40". One could argue that in an image such as this one, the photographer is presenting an image that is more about abstraction; the range of colors and textures. Notice the trio of ripe oranges in the center of the work. The folds in the sheets lead the eye to them, or how there are so many pale shades of beige and brown (the crumpled paper, the headboard, the blanket's trim) that seem to amplify the oranges' intensity. As Goldin crosses the new millennium, she puts more emphasis on travel, interiors and scenes that are void of people. Yet despite the absence of people, the images are still full of clues related to their presence, behavior and adventures. “My Bed, Hotel La Louisiane, Paris" Paris, 1996 Dye destruction print, flush-mounted Signed, titled, numbered and dated by the artist verso Edition of 15 19.25"H 19.25"W (work) Framed with museum glass Very good condition.

Creator:

Nan Goldin (1953, American)

Creation Year:

1996

Dimensions:

Height: 19.25 in (48.9 cm)Width: 19.25 in (48.9 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

Edition of 15Price: $17,400

Medium:

Dye Transfer

Movement & Style:

Post-Modern

Period:

1990-1999

Condition:

Framed with museum glass Very good condition.

Gallery Location:

Toronto, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: 12-211stDibs: LU21529253872

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Nan Goldin

When Nan Goldin discovered a flourishing drag queen community as an 18-year-old navigating downtown Boston, it would mark the start of her widely influential photography career and lay the foundation of the seminal work that would follow years later — “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” an ongoing series of stark, flash-lit snapshots documenting her experiences with the LGBTQ+ scene, most notably during the AIDS epidemic.

Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., but raised in Massachusetts. She left home around age 13 or 14, moved into a commune and attended a free experimental high school called Satya Community School, where she began shooting Polaroids of herself as well as her classmates. She found inspiration in the work of Andy Warhol, Larry Clark, Diane Arbus, Weegee, August Sander and in the glossy pages of French and Italian Vogue. Goldin attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and moved to New York City soon after she graduated.

Goldin was particularly drawn to the avant-garde music scene in Manhattan in the late 1970s and early ’80s, and “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” would include many photos taken in her newly adopted city. Goldin first exhibited the series at the Whitney Biennial in 1985 before publishing it as a book a year later. In its startling honesty, Goldin’s gripping portraits captured sexual relationships, frank drug use, intimate scenes in the homes of families, partying at bars, domestic violence and the AIDS-related horrors faced by those in the era’s LGBTQ+ community. More than 700 images were featured in exhibitions over the years compared to the book’s 127 portraits.

“‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’ is the diary I let people read,” wrote Goldin. “The diary is my form of control over my life. It allows me to obsessively record every detail. It enables me to remember.”

Goldin also felt that the project was autobiographical in a way, though only some of the images were self-portraits. “These were the people I lived with, these were my friends, these were my family, this was myself. I’d photograph people dancing while I was dancing. Or people having sex while I was having sex. Or people drinking while I was drinking. There was no separation between me and what I was photographing,” she told Bomb magazine.

Over the years, Goldin has collaborated with Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and completed projects for Jimmy Choo and Bottega Veneta. While her work has broadened to include New York City skylines, portraiture and commercial fashion photography, her commitment to documentary-style honesty has never wavered. In 2006, as part of Goldin’s "Chasing a Ghost” exhibit in New York City, a presentation was projected on three screens involving videos, photography and a musical collage focused on her older sister, Barbara, who took her own life in 1965.

Among Goldin’s many accolades are her admission to the French Legion of Honor in 2006, the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in 2007 and the Lucie Award in 2014.

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