1990
Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in bed with Siobhan, NYC
Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in bed with Siobhan, NYC, 1990
Cibachrome, 69.5 x 101.5 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur, gift Andreas Reinhart
1999-008-017
© Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in bed with Siobhan, NYC, 1990
Cibachrome, 69.5 x 101.5 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur, gift Andreas Reinhart
1999-008-017
© Nan Goldin
b. 1953 (Washington, US), lives and works in New York, US
It was in the bars of Boston that Nan Goldin began work on The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. In this major project she photographed herself and her friends – directly, intimately, close up. The result is a portrayal of sexuality, relationships, power, and identity that is at once tender and hard-hitting. For a long time she photographed without natural light, using harsh, even blinding flashlight.
Depot Tuesday - Focus on narrative documentary photography
Nan Goldin's work was part of the Depot Tuesday tour series. The Depot Tuesday aims to bring the photo-enthusiastic public closer to the collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The first cycle of the depot tour had a spotlight on the documentary-narrative photographs of Nan Goldin (*1953) from the 1980s. The Fotomuseum Winterthur owns around 100 Cibachromes, most of them portraits, by the US American photo artist. This so-called silver dye bleaching process was used to produce film slides on photographic paper from 1964 and was discontinued in 2011. The appearance of Cibachromes is unique, which is why they were very popular with photo artists.
But what exactly distinguishes Cibachromes as «unique»? What challenges do they pose for the Fotomuseum Winterthur? What needs to be taken into account when conserving them? Other colour photography processes by other artists, such as Joel Sternfeld (*1944) and William Eggleston (*1939), as well as black-and-white portraits by other contemporaries of Goldin, such as Peter Hujar (1934-1987), will be shown in comparison.
Also the history of the collection works was part of the discussion: How can her works be classified in terms of photo history and what do they have to do with fashion photography from the 1990s? All these questions and many more will be answered in the Depot Tuesday tour by the collection curator, Patrizia Munforte, and the art handler, Andrea Hadem, in the collection depot of the Fotomuseum Winterthur.
The first cycle of the depot tour had a spotlight on the documentary-narrative photographs of Nan Goldin (*1953) from the 1980s. The Fotomuseum Winterthur owns around 100 Cibachromes, most of them portraits, by the US American photo artist. This so-called silver dye bleaching process was used to produce film slides on photographic paper from 1964 and was discontinued in 2011. The appearance of Cibachromes is unique, which is why they were very popular with photo artists.
But what exactly distinguishes Cibachromes as «unique»? What challenges do they pose for the Fotomuseum Winterthur? What needs to be taken into account when conserving them? Other colour photography processes by other artists, such as Joel Sternfeld (*1944) and William Eggleston (*1939), as well as black-and-white portraits by other contemporaries of Goldin, such as Peter Hujar (1934-1987), will be shown in comparison.
Also the history of the collection works was part of the discussion: How can her works be classified in terms of photo history and what do they have to do with fashion photography from the 1990s? All these questions and many more will be answered in the Depot Tuesday tour by the collection curator, Patrizia Munforte, and the art handler, Andrea Hadem, in the collection depot of the Fotomuseum Winterthur.
