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Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Hardback

Main Details

Title Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nan Goldin
By (author) Marvin Heiferman
By (author) Mark Holborn
By (author) Suzanne Fletcher
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:148
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 254
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
ISBN/Barcode 9781597112086
ClassificationsDewey:779.092
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Aperture
Imprint Aperture
Publication Date 3 September 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

First published in 1986, Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Through an accurate and detailed record of Goldin's life, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency records a personal odyssey as well as a more universal understanding of the different languages men and women speak. The book's influence on photography and other aesthetic realms has continued to grow, making it a classic of contemporary photography. This anniversary edition features all-new image separations produced using state-of-the-art technologies and specially prepared reproduction files, which offer a lush, immersive experience of this touchstone monograph.

Author Biography

Mark Holborn is an internationally recognized editor and designer of illustrated books working with a diverse range of artists, from William Eggleston to Lucian Freud. He is also a curator, author and specialist on Japanese culture. His books as an editor with Thames & Hudson include Antony Gormley on Sculpture, Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline and Daido Moriyama.

Reviews

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