Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well

Name: Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well
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SKU: 9783969990582
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By Nan Goldin Studio and Teresa Hahr and Fredrik Liew

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This Will Not End Well presents a thorough overview of Nan Goldin's filmmaking work, accompanying a retrospective show organised by Moderna Museet, Stockholm. It features nearly a dozen slideshows and films created from thousands of photographs, film sequences, audio tapes, and music tracks. The narratives explore deeply personal themes including family trauma, the lives of her bohemian friends, and the struggles with addiction. The book uniquely mirrors Goldin's vision by presenting images in slideshow format on a black background, just as in her installations. Complementary texts, mostly commissioned by Goldin herself, provide insightful context and depth to her work.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, photography, and film, particularly those who appreciate personal and challenging narratives about identity, addiction, and counterculture. It will appeal to fans of Nan Goldin as well as anyone drawn to artistic storytelling through multimedia formats.

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This Will Not End Well is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of Nan Goldin's work as a filmmaker. Accompanying the retrospective show and tour of the same name, organised by Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the book draws from the nearly dozen slideshows and films Goldin has made from thousands of photographs, film sequences, audio tapes and music tracks. The stories told range from the trauma of her family history to the portrayal of her bohemian friends, to a journey into the darkness of addiction.

By focusing exclusively on slideshows and video installations, This Will Not End Well aims to fully embrace Goldin's vision of how her work should be experienced. The book retains the presentation of the slide shows by showing all images in the same format on a black background and sequenced as they are in the sources. The 20 texts, of which the major part are newly commissioned by Goldin, complement and deepen the intention of her work.

I'm finally being shown as I always dreamt to be, as a filmmaker. - Nan Goldin, This Will Not End Well

Co-published with Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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This book offers a revealing glimpse into Nan Goldin's life and art, described as a once-in-a-generation artist by Hakim Bishara of Hyperallergic. Flaunt notes its vivid storytelling and portrayal of trauma, addiction, friendship, and fleeting stardom. J. Howard Rosier of New York Magazine: Vulture recognises Goldin's narrative skill and eye for unexpected moments even within this catalogue format. Megan Hullander of Document Journal highlights how the book invites fresh reflection on Goldin's enduring artistic legacy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783969990582

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 January 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: 53 Illustrations, black and white; 321 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Text by Vince Aletti
Text by Thomas Beard
Text by Guido Costa
Text by Marvin Heiferman
Text by Roni Horn
Text by Patrick Radden Keefe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1520g

Pages: 216

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Arts & Culture Fredrik Liew Nan Goldin Studio Non-Fiction Teresa Hahr

About the Author

Nan Goldin is one of the most eminent photographers of our times, and today lives and works between New York, Paris and Berlin. Given her first camera at the age of 15, she began taking Polaroids of herself and her friends at a hippie commune. In 1972 she moved in with a group of queens in Boston, starting her lifelong obsession with photographing queer and transgender communities. In 1978 Goldin moved to New York City, where she presented slideshows in nightclubs and underground cinemas; her best known, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency," was published as a landmark book in 1986. In the nineties Goldin relocated to Berlin where she published A Double Life with David Armstrong and the first edition of The Other Side. In 2000 she moved to Paris, where she was invited to create site-specific works at the Louvre in 2010 and in Versailles in 2019. She divided her time between Paris and Berlin and in 2016 landed in New York. In 2018 Goldin and her colleagues founded P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), a direct action group advocating for harm reduction and education to address the stigma of addiction and the mounting overdose crisis. The book has been an important medium for Goldin over the decades; her publications with Steidl include The Beautiful Smile (2008), Diving for Pearls (2016) and The Other Side (2019).