Cookie mueller

Organized by the Portland Museum of Art, Nan Goldin explores American artist Nan Goldin’s (b. 1953) use of photography as a means of communication, self-reflection, and poetic expression.

“The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” was the seminal photography collection of the eighties, capturing the era’s lawless bohemianism.

Female Trouble

Divine on Instagram: “Cookie! #cookiemueller #davidarmstrongarchive”

© Nan Goldin Untitled (From «Variety» Series #32) 1983

All jealous!

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed forcefully posits multiple parallels between the world Nan Goldin grew up in and the one she fights in today.

An exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich pays tribute to the influential photographer who captured some of New York's most famous misfits.

My mother should be concerned. With every seasonal shift, I inadvertently go off in search of new inspiration for my clothing, home decor, art, and attitude. In previous years, it's always been seemingly harmless: one summer I was obsessed with everything that reminded me of Lisa Frank. Another summer I was Betty Draper. Another summer I created my life to match the "Rabbit Fur Coat" album. Another summer I cut off my hair and replaced all of my clothes with black skinny jeans and white…

This is the story of the 1970s summer photographer Nan Goldin and writer/actress Cookie Mueller spent in P-Town in the Cape, partying non-stop with eccentrics like Philippe Marcade, John Waters, and other brilliant weirdos.