
Winsing Art Place (1/F. 6, Lane 10, Lane 180, Section 6, Minquan East Road, Neihu District, Taipei City)
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Winsing Arts Foundation opens this Saturday, November 11, with a solo exhibition by influential American contemporary photographer Nan Goldin. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, a seminal work in Goldin's career, chronicles the true nature of East Village New York from the 1970s to 1980s, from transforming queens, homosexuality in love or struggling relationships, heterosexual couples, drug addiction and sex, and personal life. The video work “Sirens” from the Venice Biennale in 2022 will also be presented at this exhibition.
On the opening day, we will be playing a documentary chronicling the life and creation of Goldin's life and creation, as well as the organization P.A.I.N., which she founded in 2017, through which Goldin launched a series of public protests against the Sackler family, demanding that the family be removed from major art museums and schools. and request to stop accepting their donations. Jenny Yeh, Executive Director of Winsing Arts Foundation, will also attend the opening on Saturday to share the exhibition and how he feels about Goldin's work.
“I was collecting Nan Goldin's photography at the time because I had always wanted to have an exhibition of a female figure. Nan Goldin's work documents New York in the 1970s to 1980s, and the relationship between people. Her work is like looking at her private diary, proving through photography that art can change the world” - Jenny Yeh, Executive Director of Winsing Arts Foundation
In particular, Winsing Arts Foundation at the beginning arranged for the appreciation of the film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, allowing everyone to gain a deeper understanding and experience of the work of Nan Goldin and her struggle with life before entering the exhibition hall. “How are you going to continue to believe in yourself? How do you prove to the world that you have indeed experienced these and heard them? So that's why I took the picture.” That's what Goldin mentioned in the movie. Starting with the P.A.I.N organization that Goldin founded in 2017, the documentary chronicles the struggle against the Sackler family, incorporating Goldin's creations and life experiences, and fully portrays his life in film.
The Foundation is exhibiting the important photography series The Ballad of Sexual Dependency and Scopophilia. Goldin has said that she had always wanted to make films, but because of early funding and technology, she presented footage in a slide show, Sirens, which was Nan Goldin's first video at the Venice Biennale 2022, with many classic scenes worthy of attention to detail. Director Jenny Yeh is also looking forward to finding dialogue and resonance with the work through the opening documentary and this exhibition.
