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Nan Goldin — Amanda on my Fortuny
Nan Goldin

Amanda on my Fortuny

A woman reclines languidly across a richly patterned Fortuny fabric, her body merging with the ornate textile in an atmosphere of intimate domesticity. Nan Goldin captures the subject with her signature raw, confessional gaze, bathing the scene in warm, saturated tones characteristic of her dye destruction process. The image blurs the boundary between portraiture and still life, elevating a private moment into a meditation on beauty, vulnerability, and feminine identity.

Medium
Dye destruction print.

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April 4, 2016

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Nan Goldin, Amanda on my Fortuny

A woman reclines languidly across a richly patterned Fortuny fabric, her body merging with the ornate textile in an atmosphere of intimate domesticity. Nan Goldin captures the subject with her signature raw, confessional gaze, bathing the scene in warm, saturated tones characteristic of her dye destruction process. The image blurs the boundary between portraiture and still life, elevating a private moment into a meditation on beauty, vulnerability, and feminine identity.

Medium
Dye destruction print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate, Personal, Indoor, Color, American, Dye Destruction Print, Portrait, Candid, Figurative, Contemporary

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