Nan Still Stands: "Nan Goldin: Nine Self-Portraits" at Fraenkel Gallery

This article first appeared on Writhing in Apathy, the website of Larissa Archer's writings on art and events and her personal essays. In my hall, Berlin, November 2013 © Nan Goldin, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. "Herr God, Herr Lucifer, Beware Beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair and I eat men like air." Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus Though the collection is small -- only 9 photographs -- "Nan Goldin: Nine Self-Portraits" nevertheless invites one to compare the existence des...