LE TERRAIN DE JEU DU DIABLE by Nan Goldin

THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND IS TO THIS DAY THE MOST IMPORTANT AND COMPREHENSIVE BOOK DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF NAN GOLDIN, ONE OF THE MAJOR FIGURES IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. SINCE THE 1970S, NAN GOLDIN HAS CREATED INTIMATE AND CAPTIVATING IMAGES — TRUE VISUAL NARRATIVES THROUGH WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHER TELLS STORIES OF LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND IDENTITY THAT TOGETHER FORM A CHRONICLE OF OUR TIME.

THIS VOLUME DEVOTES SIGNIFICANT SPACE TO THE ARTIST’S RECENT WORKS, DRAWN FROM SERIES SUCH AS STILL ON EARTH, 57 DAYS, AND ELEMENTS, WHILE ALSO INCLUDING OLDER IMAGES THAT HAVE BECOME CLASSICS. PRESENTED IN SEQUENCES AND CONCEIVED BY NAN GOLDIN AS A PERSONAL DIARY, THE BODY OF PHOTOGRAPHS IS AT ONCE STRIKINGLY CANDID AND DARING.

THE IMAGES ARE GROUPED BY THEME, AND THE CHAPTERS ARE INTERSPERSED WITH POEMS, SONGS, AND TEXTS — OFTEN WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOOK — BY AUTHORS SUCH AS NICK CAVE, LEONARD COHEN, E.E. CUMMINGS, COOKIE MUELLER, AND RICHARD PRICE.

THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND REMAINS THE DEFINITIVE MONOGRAPH ON NAN GOLDIN, SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE SOURCES OF HER INSPIRATION AND THE PERSONAL LIFE OF THIS KEY FIGURE OF TODAY’S ART SCENE.

DIMENSIONS: 23 x 4.8 x 30.9 cm

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