Nan Goldin "Jens' Hand on Clemen's Back, Paris"
About the Item
- Creator:Nan Goldin (Photographer)
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.001 in (0.03 mm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:2001
- Production Type:New & Custom(Limited Edition)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
- Condition:
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:
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.
Find a collection of original Nan Goldin photography on 1stDibs.
Phaidon
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- David Malin IC 2118, the Witch’S Head Nebula, in Eridanus 2010 PrintLocated in New York, NYThrough the use of very long exposures taken with a telescope, Malin reveals stars and constellations too distant to be seen with the naked eye. The Witch’s Head nebula, the subject of this edition’s specially commissioned print, is 800 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Orion. As the colloquial name suggests, this heavenly duststorm has the pointed nose and crooked chin of a fairytale crone. In reality the nebula is quite blue, glowing in light reflected from the super-giant star, Rigel. The dusty formation of the witch’s silhouette is contrasted starkly with the glittering lights of the sky, in an ethereal composition that showcases the most wonderful collaboration between man and nature. Each limited edition silver gelatin print is simply and elegantly produced and illustrates the breathtaking beauty of this phenomenon. Aside from its scientific importance, the work speaks for itself as one of the most spectacular sights ever caught on film. Combining the worlds of art and science, David Malin...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Marcel Dzama Where All Harmonies are Tuned Limited Edition PrintBy PhaidonLocated in New York, NYPrint Print made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper with matte finish Measures: 17.00 x 12.00 in 43.2 x 30.5 cm Edition of 150 This work is signed and numbered by the artist on recto. Like most of Marcel Dzama's drawings, this print of old-fashioned circus performers is reminiscent of antique illustrations...Category
2010s American Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Delita Martin She Wears Constellations in Her Hair Limited Edition PrintBy PhaidonLocated in New York, NYPrint Digital print 24.00 x 20.00 in 61.0 x 50.8 cm Edition of 100This work comes with a signed label. For She Wears Constellations in Her Hair, Delita Martin...Category
2010s American Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Maxi Cohen Okavango Delta Lilies 1 Limited Edition PrintBy PhaidonLocated in New York, NYPhotograph Color photograph made with archival pigments on fine art rag paper Size varies based on edition This work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and an artist signed label on verso. For over a decade Maxi Cohen has been photographing and filming lush abstract images of water from Bali to Botswana to Brazil which are mesmerizing, meditative, and colorful. The Zambezi River Stacking Tables was her first in an on-going progression of video multimedia sculptures. Here she is offering a photographic series of water lilies from the Okavango Delta...Category
Early 2000s American Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Dana Schutz Adversaries Limited Edition PrintBy PhaidonLocated in New York, NYPrint: Full color digital archival print on Epson Hot Press Natural 330g/m2 Size: 610 x 508 mm (24 x 20 in) Edition of 100 This work will come with a signed and numbered archival label adhered to the back of the print, (2019) Produced with the support of Kering, a global luxury group committed to the empowerment of women, this charitable limited-edition print is part of a portfolio celebrating Phaidon's Great Women Artists, the most extensive illustrated book on women artists ever published. One of the most celebrated painters of her generation, Dana Schutz...Category
2010s American Prints
MaterialsPaper
- The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Mosaic Mountain Print Black Limited Ed. PrintBy PhaidonLocated in New York, NYPrint Digital Print on Moab Entrada Measures: 12.00 x 18.00 in 30.5 x 45.7 cm Edition of 50 Signed certificate of authenticity The Bruce High Quality Foundation, the official...Category
2010s American Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Signed Nan Goldin Magnum Photographic Print, 1992By Nan GoldinLocated in London, GBFor sale an original signed museum-quality Magnum/Aperture 6x6 photographic print by renowned American artist NAN GOLDIN. Titled "C and So competing for the Oscar, Second Tip, Bangkok, 1992", this Magnum print is a time-limited edition that was only available to purchase for a period of five days. The work is signed to the back together with an affixed archival label which carries the image’s accompanying text and is printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper. The piece is mounted in a white lacquered frame. The accompanying text by the artist reads: "The transgender rights movement has been a crucial part of the ongoing street protests. I feel lucky to have lived long enough to have witnessed this sea change in visibility and acceptance of Trans people in our culture. In the early ’90s, I traveled to Bangkok to photograph the world of queens known as ‘ladyboys.’ Second Tip was their home and sanctuary. Every week, they held lavishly produced beauty contests, wearing showgirl costumes...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art
MaterialsPaper
- Christo / The Pont Neuf Wrapped / Project For Paris, 1984 LithographBy Nouvelles Images, Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeLocated in New York, NYChristo / The Pont Neuf Wrapped / Project for Paris, 1984 / Collage En Deux Partes Offset lithograph in colors on woven paper, published by Nouvelles Ima...Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Prints
MaterialsPaper
- Vintage Jon Arnold over Sized Eiffel Tower Paris France Poster FujifilmLocated in Dayton, OHHuge sepia toned poster of the Eiffel Tower, looking up through the trees of the Champ de Mars, By Jon Arnold. Printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper by Fujifilm. Jon Arnold has been passionate about photography ever since he bought his first camera in a small shop in Wells, England, an Olympus OM-1 film camera, when he was 15. His passion for travel and landscape started much earlier in childhood during the annual family pilgrimages south to the Swiss and Austrian Alps. Following wise parental advise he pursued a degree in Architecture at Brighton but shortly after completing the BA section of the course was lured away on a trip to China to see the world beyond the safe boundaries of western Europe. On his return he took a short course in photography at the London College of Printing (known now as the University of the Arts London) before embarking on a career in travel photo...Category
Late 20th Century Modern Photography
MaterialsPaper
- Signed & Framed Original Nan Goldin Magnum Print, 2010By Nan GoldinLocated in London, GBFor sale an original signed museum-quality Magnum/Aperture photographic print by renowned American artist NAN GOLDIN. Titled "Sunny at the spa, distortion. L’Hotel, Paris. 2010", t...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art
MaterialsPaper
- Ernest Koehli, Black and White Right Hand Photogravure PlateLocated in Barcelona, BarcelonaErnest Koehly black and white right hand photogravure plate inside the book Phographie 1947 edited by Arts et Metiers Graphiques. Measures: 28 x 22.5 cm Black wood framed size 40 x 50 cm Koehli, Ernst Born: 1913 Died: 1983 Preliminary course at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich 1928-1932, followed by Fachklasse für Fotografie with Hans Finsler 1932-1934. For over forty years Koehli ran his own photo studio in the Z-house on Stauffacherplatz in Zurich. From 1936 regular orders from trade unions and the Social Democratic Party...Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Photography
MaterialsPaper
- Anna Condo, Poppy, Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminum, US, 2021By Anna CondoLocated in New York, NYAnna Condo, a filmmaker and a photographer born in Armenia and raised in France, has been photographing flowers, her "ultimate muse," since 2013. The medium became a creative outlet ...Category
2010s American Photography
MaterialsAluminum