Tree Carr, Danny Moynihan, Skinky Sparkly, Trixie Malicious
Nick Hackworth, Hugh Allan, Kate Davies
Tree Carr, Richard Strange and Simon Oakes
Polly Borland & Cressida Connolly
Roc Sandford
'Private Collection', published by Damien Hirst's publishing wing Other Criteria and launched last week in London, is a unique and fascinating publication of over 250 pornographic photographs from Danny Moynihan's personal collection, including images made by some of the earliest erotic photographers, up to the 1940s. The book visually documents attitudes about sex and pornography, and by so doing shows how they developed alongside a 'correct' social and cultural code of restraint, particularly with regard to sexual intercourse and role-play.
Born in London in 1959, Danny Moynihan is a painter and writer. He went to the Slade School of Art, London in 1977. In 1981 he opened the Space Gallery with Paul Kasmin and furniture designer Jasper Morrison. Moynihan moved to New York in 1983 where he worked at the Robert Miller Gallery. On his return to London he took up painting again and had several exhibitions in Los Angeles and London. He has curated numerous shows, most notably 'Psycho' at Anne Faggionato, London, 'Artist and Photography' at Karsten Schubert Gallery, London, and 'Between a Rock and Hard Place' at Rove Gallery, London, and is also a founding member of Photo London. Moynihan's book, 'Boogie Woogie', for which he also wrote the screenplay, is currently in production starring Gillian Anderson, Charlotte Rampling and Heather Graham. His book 'Bait' is being published in 2008.
Other Criteria produces artists' books, prints and editions. Working with both emerging and established artists Other Criteria aims to bring affordable art of the highest quality to a wide audience. Established in 2002, Other Criteria has been selling its publications on www.othercriteria.com since 2006. The Other Criteria shop is opening in London in 2008 and will offer an opportunity to buy new and original art in a relaxed setting. The shop will not only sell limited edition prints and editions, but also cutting edge contemporary art books, some of which are signed. Also on sale will be a wide range of t-shirts, postcards and other items produced or selected by Other Criteria.
Selected from Danny Moynihan's compendium of 19th century erotica, Other Criteria has for sale 4 sets of 4 exclusive prints, ranging from the artistic to the bawdy to the overtly fetishistic. On display are some of the earliest examples of erotic photography, proving the Victorians had no less sexual appetite or adventurousness than the pleasure-seekers in today's society.
On the surface, the photographs seem to exude a sense of quaintness or humour, yet scratch beneath and a world of forgotten immorality and vice is laid bare. 'Private Collection', with its rich assemblage of obscure, exotic imagery, displays a pivotal period in - not only the history of pornography - but in the development of photography itself, and how it has been used to satisfy society's deepest, secret desires.
Private Collection: A History of Erotic Photography (1850-1940)
Published by Other Criteria
UK £55
www.othercriteria.com
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