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Nan Goldin: Scopophilia at the Louvre

Nan
Goldin’s photography slide-show at the Louvre gives new life to iconic
artwork seen alongside personal photos from the artist’s private
collection.

It was completely by chance that I stumbled across Nan Goldin’s
photography slide-show installation at the Louvre, which is part of
Patrice Chéreau’s (the Louvre’s 2010 guest of honour) theme of ‘Faces
and Bodies’. Nestled in one corner of the museum entrance, a huge
display of photographs leading to a small screening room that was
showing a short film every 30 minutes immediately caught my eye.

The show proved to be utterly absorbing. Nan Goldin was given
permission to wander the Louvre at night, by herself, so she could take
photographs of anything that caught her eye. The theme of the slide-show
is ‘Scopophilia’, which comes from the Greek ‘Scopo’, to look and
‘Philia’ meaning brotherly love. Ultimately, this concerns the sensation
of erotic, sensual pleasure that one can feel through the experience of
looking.

The slide-show is composed of images and sculpture at the Louvre and
Nan Goldin’s photography, some of which are from her private collection
and have never before been exhibited publicly. Heavily linked to the
theme of scopophilia, is female sensuality which is emphasised in the
recurring images of the female form, female sexual pleasure and the
female muse. Sculptures such as ‘Pygmalion and Galatée’ and ‘Psyché
ranimée par le baiser de l’Amour’ are juxtaposed with paintings like
‘Gabrielle d’Estrées et une de ses sœurs’ and ‘The Turkish Bath’ and
then Goldin’s own works of nudes, explicit sexual images and personal
family portraits.

Goldin’s work could never be described as vulgar or pornographic; it
is not sexually titillating in a perverse sense. It balances between art
and erotica and does so with beauty and vivacity, capturing the human
body in all its sensual glory.It provides a very interesting perspective
on some of the works in the Louvre and if you walk around afterwards it
is rewarding to see the real works, something like following a treasure
trail. I had never before been fully conscious of the incredible
dedication to the female form exhibited through works in the Louvre (a
timeless male obsession, evidently) and it was interesting to think of
her modern photography somehow capturing the same feelings of eroticism
and mystification of women as a medieval painting. A very inspirational
way of delivering a new perspective on timeless iconic art in the
Louvre.

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Nan Goldin au Louvre

Le diaporama de Nan Goldin donne une vie nouvelle à la collection du
Louvre, mit en relation avec les photos personnelles de l’artiste.

C’est par hasard que je suis tombé sur l’exposition de Nan Goldin au
Louvre faisant partie du thème de Patrice Chéreau (le Grand invité du
Louvre de 2010) “Les visages et les corps”. Niché dans un coin de
l’entrée du musée, une grande exposition de photo menait à une petite
salle où chaque demi-heure on projetait uncourtmetrage.

L’exposition s’est avérée être passionnante. Nan Goldin a obtenu la
permission de se promener seule au Louvre durant la nuit, pour
photographier tout ce qui pouvait retenir son attention. Le thème du
diaporama était “Scopophilia”, du Greque “Scopo”, regarder, et “Philia”,
amour fraternel. Il s’agit de la sensation de plaisir érotique et
sensuel qu’on peut éprouver par l’expérience du regard.

La collection avait pour thème les images et les sculptures du Louvre
ainsi que des photographies de Nan Goldin, dont les œuvres de sa
collection privée qui n’ont pas été exposées au public avant. Lié au
thème de la scopophilie la sensualité y est accentuée par des images
récurrentes de la féminité, du plaisir sexuel féminin et de la muse
féminine. Des sculptures comme “Pygmalion et Galatée” , “Psyché ranimée
par le baiser de l’Amour” sont juxtaposées aux peintures comme
“Gabrielle d’Estrées et une de ses sœurs” , “Le Bain turc” ainsi qu’aux
œuvres de Nan Goldin représentants des nus, des images explicitement
sexuelles ainsi et des portraits de famille.



L’œuvre de Nan Goldin ne peut pas être qualifiée de vulgaire ou
pornographique; elle ne provoque pas d’excitation sexuelle dans le sens
pervers du terme. Son oeuvre conserve l’équilibre entre l’art et
l’érotisme avec beauté et vivacité, tout en représentant le corps humain
dans toute sa gloire sensuelle. Nan Goldin donne une vision très
intéressante sur plusieurs œuvres du Louvre. Une nouvelle visite du
musée est par conséquent une expérience enrichissante, permettant de
retrouver les œuvres originales, comme un parcours de chasse au trésor.
Avant cela, je ne m’étais jamais rendu compte à quel point la féminité
était si souvent représentée dans les oeuvres du Louvre (une éternelle
obsession de l’homme, bien évidemment) et c’est intéressant de penser à
sa photographie moderne représentant d’une certaine façon les mêmes
sensations de l’érotisme et de la mystification des femmes que dans la
peinture médiévale. Une manière très inspiratrice qui donne une nouvelle
perspective de l’art de portrait intemporel au Louvre.

 

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About ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival

Hillier Scott
(ECU)

 

 

Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
 
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.  
 
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction. 
 

He moved to New York City in 1998.  He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.

 
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France. 
 

 


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