Sunday 27 November 2011

NAN GOLDIN’S SCOPOPHILIA

This week in the magazine, Vince Aletti writes about a video by Nan Goldin called “Scopophilia,” a word Goldin defines as “the intense desire—and the fulfillment of that desire—experienced through looking.” To create the video, Aletti writes, Goldin “photographed paintings by Delacroix, Corot, Zurbarán, and Bronzino, which fed that desire, then paired them with pictures of her friends and lovers, creating startling juxtapositions.” The result is “a sensational paean, at once ecstatic and elegiac, to love, sex, and sensuality.” The video is on view at the Matthew Marks gallery through December 23rd; here’s a peek.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth#ixzz1evKpVVSW

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