Art - US artist Nan Goldin at the top of "ArtReview"
US artist Nan Goldin is currently the most influential figure on the international art scene according to the British magazine "ArtReview". The London-based magazine placed the 70-year-old artist and activist at the top of its annual "Power 100" list of the most important artists on Friday. Berlin-based artist Hito Steyerl follows in second place.
"The Power List is a ranking of the hundred living personalities who shape art," writes the magazine. ArtReview itself relativizes the significance of such lists - last week, the German magazine "Monopol" presented a ranking also comprising 100 positions with Isa Genzken at the top. "Who should be where is a topic on which no one really agrees. What makes someone influential in London or New York is not necessarily what makes someone influential in Lagos or Kuala Lumpur," the article says.
Addicted fighter in the opioid crisis
The photographer and filmmaker Goldin, who also lived in Berlin for a long time, recently became known for her fight against the US Sackler family, the owners of a pharmaceutical company that is partly responsible for the opioid crisis in the USA.
The artist herself was addicted to a painkiller marketed by the company. She captured her own experiences and the extensive protests with her pictures. The documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" by Laura Poitras about this struggle won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
In the view of "ArtReview", Goldin is the "most visible and prominent model" of an artist who not only documents and bears witness, but also acts as an activist and ethical voice.
Artist and oracle
ArtReview sees Steyerl as a pioneer of post-internet art, whose work explores the connection between technology and digital culture with capital and conflict. "Sensing and depicting the seismic shifts in culture and society have made Steyerl a kind of oracle," writes the magazine.
The top ten of the "Power 100" are strikingly diverse and female. Action and performance artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (third place), who works between Bangkok, Berlin and New York, is included, as is US artist Simone Leigh (fourth place), a long-time campaigner for black feminist art. British artist Isaac Julien, Ghanaian-born Ibrahim Mahama, US conceptual artist Theaster Gates and British director Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") are four more artists for whom dealing with racism is part of their artistic work.
The indigenous Karrabing Film Collective and the Chinese media artist Cao Fei complete the top ten of the "ArtReview" list.
"Power 100"
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- Despite the success of Nan Goldin in Great Britain, the significance of an influential artist can vary greatly between cities like London and Kuala Lumpur.
- The German artist Isa Genzken topped another influential artists list in a German magazine, highlighting the subjective nature of such rankings.
- In response to the opioid crisis in the United States, where she had a struggle with a painkiller, Nan Goldin became an outspoken advocate against the Sackler family, who partly own a pharmaceutical company responsible for the crisis.
- Berlin has been home to both Nan Goldin and the pioneer of post-internet art, Hito Steyerl, both of whom have made significant impacts in the international art scene.
- Middle Eastern-German artist Hito Steyerl's work addresses the connection between technology, digital culture, capital, and conflict, earning her the title of an oracle in the art world.
- The collection of US, German, British, and Chinese artists in the top ten of the "Power 100" list highlights the diverse and female-dominated field of modern art.
- Artists like Simone Leigh, a campaigner for black feminist art, and Chinese media artist Cao Fei have also made it into the top ten, showcasing the global reach and impact of various art movements.
Source: www.stern.de
