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Shock has been apart of nearly all of Nan Goldin's "non-commercial" work. Personally I cant quite decide wether her intention is to be shocking, or if her work is shocking simply by default due to its primarily marginal/minority figure subject matter.
I have The Devils Playground, and when I first saw the photograph in question, I personally did find it to be shocking. It is apart of her "from here to maternity" series and basically depicts 2 girls playing/belly dancing, with one young girl lying on the floor naked with her legs spread.
Yes, its only 2 girls playing and resembles embarassing nude snapshots taken by parents of their own kids in photo albums everywhere but it does have a sickening feeling about it.
That said, I think any artist that combines children and sexuality is just looking for quick attention via controversey no matter what they say their intention was (Sally Mann etc).
I would take a photo of the picture but my book is at home, and I wont be until October.
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