Goldin, Nan

Diving for Pearls [2016 1ST EDITION - FINE]

Steidl, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Steidl, 2016. Hardcover in cloth boards with tipped-in image to front cover. First Edition, First Pritning. 208 pages filled with color photogrphic images throughout. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy (protected by a clear mypar cover). "Getting a good picture is like diving for pearls. You take a thousand pictures to get a good one." –Nan Goldin

From the publisher: "Nan Goldin merges her deep admiration for the artworks of the past with a lifelong dedication to her most immediate circle of friends. Invited by the Louvre, she photographed artworks of her choice at the museum and, guided by aesthetic and associative considerations, connected them to earlier photographs of her friends and lovers. In this way she not only draws inspiration from the rich sources of art history but revisits her own oeuvre of the last 40 years. The striking similarities between the two different pictorial worlds exert an intense dynamic on the viewer. The series, which yielded over 400 photographs, was shown for the first time in its full scope at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, Germany. For this occasion, Diving for Pearls was conceived as an independent artist book." The breathtaking work by photographer Nan Goldin in her most recent book, Diving for Pearls, seems to point towards contextualizing the life within the inanimate, the intrinsic within the universal, the beauty within the mundane, and the ephemeral within the eternal. In his essay, O’Brien refers to Goldin as a rebel and a romantic. “Beauty in art is not just rare today, it is practically taboo, banished from the show it dominated for centuries.” O’Brien contests that Goldin’s photos may operate as subversive for upholding standards of beauty that have been largely left by the wayside. The images following his essay are arresting and honest portraits, each having a unique texture and smell about them. Diving for Pearls is a reminder to always look for beauty and makes reference to the lost art of connection. Establishing a relationship with space and time and those around us is vital in navigating the chaotic present state of the world. Enjoy her work, and be reminded of the simple goods found all around us. Fine. Item #4812

Price: $275.00