Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison runs until October 30, 2016. Clips from an hand-tinted film production of Wilde’s Saloméa is shown with a film of a young boy discussing the dangers of being gay in Kiev and a 91-year-old man who was also convicted in England for homosexual offences.Īrtangel, the organization responsible for Inside says, “This exhibition brings together that which Wilde’s final works so eloquently delineated: the pain of separation, the excruciatingly slow passage of time, betrayal, redemption, and love.” It’s an exciting project for charity-supported initiative that made The Times ask, “Has Artangel done more for British art than the Tate Modern?” In another cell, she’s created a video installation that has to be viewed through a tiny peephole. “The Boy” covers the wall of a cell with images of her long-time muse Clemens Schick. Known for her work and support of the LGBTQ community, Nan Goldin will be showing new work at the Reading Prison exhibit. Some of the featured artists include Ai Weiwei, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marlene Dumas and Patti Smith. The exhibit Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison focuses on this tragedy, as well as themes of isolation and imprisonment. Sean OHagan She made her name shooting addicts and drag queens. Many attribute Wilde’s death in 1900 to his time spent in Reading Prison. It was a devastating time for Wilde, England and the arts at large. His sentence? “Gross indecency with other men.” I don’t know how I didn’t clock him as gay, she said. Goldin met Schick in 1996 and didn’t realise the actor was gay until after she had slept with him.
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Comprising a series of images of German actor Clemens Schick taken between 19, the artist dated the subject briefly prior to his coming out. The German actor Clemens Schick played Le Chiffre’s henchman Kratt in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and also appears on the cover of our 2003 Nan Goldin book, The Devil’s Playground.
He was incarcerated in 1895 for two years of hard labour. Goldin's contribution to the group show is a work entitled 'The Boy'. Three years after the last criminal left Reading Prison, it’s reopening the venue for an art installation that honors its most famous inmate: Oscar Wilde.
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