From 13 December 2024 to 4 May 2025, the exhibition HIGH NOON at Deichtorhallen Hamburg will feature works by Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, Mark Morrisroe and Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Facing the political climate of the Reagan era of the 1980s, characterised by conservative values and neoliberalism, these photographers begin to capture New York's subculture in intense and often shockingly intimate images.
Goldin, Armstrong and Morrisroe, close friends, document their peer group with an unmistakable style and autobiographical approach. Their images offer insights into intimate moments of love, friendship and decay against a backdrop of passion, addiction and AIDS. DiCorcia, on the other hand, stages fictions from everyday scenes and creates idealised archetypes, constantly playing with photography's role as documentary evidence.
Curated by Dr Sabine Schnakenberg, the show presents around 150 works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection that continue to have an impact until today - both on the art world and on society's perception of sexuality, relationships and identity.