Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency - Softcover

Goldin, Nan; Heiferman, Marvin; Holborn, Mark; Fletcher, Suzanne

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ISBN 10: 1597112100 ISBN 13: 9781597112109

Verlag: Aperture, 2014

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"Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is at once a diary and a soap opera, an unerring portrait of a particular East Village bohemia and a sexual taxonomy for the '80s. "The Village Voice"

Nan Goldin's "Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is a beggar's opera of recent times. Here were real thieves and unexpected heroes, and a sense that some things in life might still be worth a brawl. " Artforum"

What Robert Frank's "The Americans" was to the 1950s, Nan Goldin's "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is to the 1980s Goldin has created an artistic masterwork that tells us not only about the attitudes of her generation, but also about the times in which we live. Andy Grundberg, "The New York Times"

Seen through her lens, the characters in her drama seem to become fully and inevitably themselves, with their personalities and physical appearance integrally linked. "The New York Times"

In part a love poem to the bohemian life style of young people in New York City, it is also a melancholy meditation on the joys and terrors of romantic relationships, both straight and gay. "The New York Times"

It is no exaggeration to describe Nan Goldin's monumental slide show, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency," as one of the most important photographic works of recent years. "The New York Times"

The photographs are taken with cunning ease, so they seem to question the very possibility of separating a person s perceptual image from immediate presentation. Their casual quickness pretends to establish a measure of genuineness of that person. "Hyperallergic"

Today, 30 years later, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency" is recognized as a seminal, groundbreaking work of documentary photography, highly regarded for its rawness and honesty. "Hyperallergic"

For every bruise, every tear, every dance party or game of Monopoly or heroin needle, there is a memory and there is a photo that corresponds unapologetically. "Hyperallergic" "

Ballad of Sexual Dependency is at once a diary and a soap opera, an unerring portrait of a particular East Village bohemia and a sexual taxonomy for the '80s. The Village Voice
Nan Goldin's Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a beggar's opera of recent times. Here were real thieves and unexpected heroes, and a sense that some things in life might still be worth a brawl. Artforum
What Robert Frank's The Americans was to the 1950s, Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is to the 1980s Goldin has created an artistic masterwork that tells us not only about the attitudes of her generation, but also about the times in which we live. Andy Grundberg, The New York Times
Seen through her lens, the characters in her drama seem to become fully and inevitably themselves, with their personalities and physical appearance integrally linked. The New York Times
In part a love poem to the bohemian life style of young people in New York City, it is also a melancholy meditation on the joys and terrors of romantic relationships, both straight and gay. The New York Times
It is no exaggeration to describe Nan Goldin's monumental slide show, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, as one of the most important photographic works of recent years. The New York Times"

Reseña del editor

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends, family, and lovers―collectively described by Goldin as her “tribe.” Her work describes a world that is visceral, charged, and seething with life. First published in 1986, this reissue recognizes the persistent relevance and freshness of Nan Goldin’s cutting-edge photography. Her lush color photography and candid style demand that the viewer go beyond the surface to encounter a profound intensity. As Goldin writes: “Real memory, which these pictures trigger, is an invocation of the color, smell, sound, and physical presence, the density and flavor of life.” Through an accurate and detailed record of her life, Ballad reveals Goldin’s personal odyssey as well as a more universal understanding of the different languages men and women speak, and the struggle between autonomy and dependency. Over the past twenty-five years, the influence of Ballad on photography and other aesthetic realms has continually grown, making the work a contemporary classic. Nan Goldin’s story of urban life on the fringe was the swan song of an era that reached its peak in the early eighties. Yet it has captured an important element of humanity that is transcendent: a need to connect. This new paperback edition of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency has been printed using new scans and separations created by master separator Robert Hennessey from Goldin’s original transparencies, rendering them with unparalleled sumptuousness and impact.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Aperture
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1597112100
• ISBN 13: 9781597112109
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148