Using documentary-style Cibachrome photography, Nan Goldin lays bare her life in this family album of 126 images, revealing intimate portraits of her New York-based “tribe” – hanging out, falling in and out of love, and having children. Overriding themes are love and empathy and the tension between autonomy and interdependence in relationships – relationships in which all genders struggle to find a common language.
A deeply moving portrayal of life in the 1970s and 1980s as the artist and her loved ones navigate a time of unrelenting energy and extremes.
Nan Goldin, Vivienne in the green dress, New York City, 1980, from the series ‘The ballad of sexual dependency’, 1973–86. National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2021 in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia’s 40th anniversary, 2022, © the artist. Courtesy the artist and National Gallery of Australia, Australian Capital Territory
National Gallery of Australia
8 July 2023 to 28 January 2024
Australian Capital Territory
