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Basic data
Nan Goldin is a contemporary American photographer. She is best known for her intimate and sometimes transgressive portraits, in which she explores themes such as sex, drugs, violence and death.
- Born: 12 September 1953
- Place of birth: Washington, D.C., USA
- Nationality: American
- Studied at: School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Similar artists: Cindy Sherman
- Era: Contemporary art
Biography
Nan Golding was born in Washington, D.C. in 1953. After the suicide of her older sister, she left her parental home at the age of only 14. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and then moved to New York. Here she made her breakthrough as a photographer in the 1980s.
Thematically, the artist has been dealing with topics such as drugs, violence, death and sex since her early years. For decades she documented and portrayed acquaintances, friends and sometimes herself in intimate, personal and transgressive snapshots. At the same time, her works are also highly political. As a human rights activist, she advocates for the LGBTQI+ community and, since 2017, has co-founded the group PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), which seeks to address the pharmaceutical company-induced opioid epidemic in the United States.
The artist has received numerous awards, including the Hasselblad Photography Award for outstanding achievement in photography (2007). Her work has been featured in major solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums. Today Goldin lives and works in New York and Paris.
Exhibitions
- 04.03.22 – 28.08.22 Nan Goldin: The Crowd, Paternò – n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin.
- 12.02.22 – 22.05.22 Teen Spirit: Adolescence Et Art Contemporain – BPS22 – Musée d’art de la Province de Hainaut, Charleroi.
- 25.11.21 – 15.03.22 Tremblings: Recent acquisitions by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.
- 06.11.21 – 13.02.22 TRUE PICTURES? ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOGRAFIE AUS KANADA UND DEN USA - Sprengel Museum, Hanover.
- 18.09.21 – 30.01.22 CRIP TIME - MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.
- 01.10.20 – 31.10.20 European Month of Photography 2020 - EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin.
- 07.03.20 – 21.06.20 Körper. Blicke. Macht. Eine Kulturgeschichte des Bades - Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
- 23.10.19 – 23.02.20 Nan Goldin - The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – Centro de Imagen, Mexico.
- 14.09.19 – 05.01.20 Art after Stonewall, 1969 - 1989 - Frost Art Museum, Miami.
- 31.08.19 – 02.11.19 United by AIDS - An Exhibition about Loss, Remembrance, Activism and Art in Response to HIV/AIDS - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich.
- 29.06.19 - 29.09.19 Face it! - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg.
- 20.10.18 - 21.01.19 Rineke Dijkstra / Nan Goldin / Sheila Hicks - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- 04.03.18 - 03.09.18 Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin - MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
- 05.04.17 - 01.10.17 Queer British Art 1861–1967 - Tate Britain, London.
Awards
- 2019: Ruth Baumgarte Artprize.
- 2012: 53rd Edward MacDowell Medal.
- 2011: Reminders Day Award
- 2007: Hasselblad Award.
- 2006: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Literature
- The other side / Nan Goldin, picture book, Nan Goldin, Gottingen 2019.
- The Camera is Cruel, exhibition catalog, Daniel Jelitzka & Gerald A. Matt (Publ.), Vienna 2018.
- The beautiful smile / Nan Goldin, picture book, Jack Ritchey, Gerhard Steidl & Walter Keller (Publ.), Gottingen 2017.
- Beyond the body: Tomasz Gudzowaty in the eyes of Nan Goldin, picture book, Nan Goldin, Gottingen 2016.
Collections
Germany
- Hamburg - Hamburger Kunsthalle
England
- London - Zabludowicz Collection
- London - Tate Collection
France
- Marseille - MAC Musée d´Art Contemporain
- Paris - Centre Pompidou
USA
- Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Photography MoCP
- Los Angeles - MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art
- New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- San Francisco - SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Weblinks
- Nan Goldin Kunstaspekte exhibition and collection overview.
