Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike
Photograph
1991 (photographed)
1991 (photographed)
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Goldin photographed Jimmy Paulette and his community of gay men and cross-dressers from the 1970s. By panning with the motion of the bicycle, Goldin creates a blurred background that accentuates the image's filmic quality.
The photograph is from Goldin’s long term series, ‘The Ballard of Sexual Dependency’, a title taken from a song in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera. It began in the late 1970s and was originally conceived in the early 1980s as a 45-minute slide show accompanied by a rock soundtrack. It has evolved over the years to include over 700 photographs, which capture the intimate, everyday lives of Goldin’s “tribe”. Goldin has described the Ballad as the product of remembrance; a way for her to recall her friendships with those now lost to drug addiction and the HIV epidemic.
The photograph is from Goldin’s long term series, ‘The Ballard of Sexual Dependency’, a title taken from a song in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera. It began in the late 1970s and was originally conceived in the early 1980s as a 45-minute slide show accompanied by a rock soundtrack. It has evolved over the years to include over 700 photographs, which capture the intimate, everyday lives of Goldin’s “tribe”. Goldin has described the Ballad as the product of remembrance; a way for her to recall her friendships with those now lost to drug addiction and the HIV epidemic.
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| Materials and techniques | Dye destruction (ilfachrome) print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Nan Goldin, 'Jimmy Paulette on David's Bike, NYC', dye destruction print, 1991 |
| Physical description | Photograph of a man and a drag queen riding on a bicycle. The latter looks over his shoulder at the viewer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed, dated and inscribed in black ink on the back, and numbered 20/25 |
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| Credit line | Purchased 1997 |
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| Summary | Goldin photographed Jimmy Paulette and his community of gay men and cross-dressers from the 1970s. By panning with the motion of the bicycle, Goldin creates a blurred background that accentuates the image's filmic quality. The photograph is from Goldin’s long term series, ‘The Ballard of Sexual Dependency’, a title taken from a song in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera. It began in the late 1970s and was originally conceived in the early 1980s as a 45-minute slide show accompanied by a rock soundtrack. It has evolved over the years to include over 700 photographs, which capture the intimate, everyday lives of Goldin’s “tribe”. Goldin has described the Ballad as the product of remembrance; a way for her to recall her friendships with those now lost to drug addiction and the HIV epidemic. |
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| Accession number | E.804-1997 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2004 |
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