Nan Goldin

born 1953

Warren and Jerry fighting, London 1978, printed 2019
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Artworks

A drag performer in pale make-up, dark eyeliner and red lipstick stands in a doorway wearing a sheer mesh crop top and torn black skirt, while a mirror reflects a second figure crouching in the dim room

Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! undressing, NYC

Jimmy Paulette after the parade, NYC, 1991

Colour photograph of two teenage boys grinning beside a metal pole on a pavement, one with spiky blond hair in a stained white vest, the other in a black jacket over an orange checked shirt

Two young skinheads on Kings Road, London

1978, printed 2019

A young woman with cropped hair, red lipstick and red braces over a black T-shirt sits on a bed with bright purple covers, in a bedroom with blue patterned wallpaper and rooftop chimneys through the window

Skinhead girl at home, London

1978, printed 2019

Mod kid with dog, London

1978, printed 2019

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Skinheads at the wall, London

1978, printed 2019

A young man with cropped hair and an ear stud lies naked across a woman on a bed, his face buried at her chest; she wears white knickers and a dark stocking, on rumpled purple covers in a patterned room

Skinhead having sex, London

1978, printed 2019

Skinheads with child, London

1978, printed 2019

Artist as subject

Colour photograph of a woman with voluminous dark curly hair facing the camera, both eyes bruised and the left bloodshot; she wears red lipstick, a pearl necklace and drop earrings in front of a net-curtained window

Nan one month after being battered

Self-Portrait on the train, Germany

Stories

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Nan Goldin: 'My work comes from empathy and love'