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Nov 22, 2016 · 22 November 2016. Fearless and provocative, Robert Mapplethorpe is best known for his frank photos from New York’s vibrant and diverse gay scene. To mark what would have been his 70th birthday ...
Robert Mapplethorpe ( 4. listopadu 1946 – 9. března 1989) byl americký portrétní fotograf a vizuální umělec známý například svými velkoformátovými, vysoce stylizovanými černobílými fotografiemi květin a mužských aktů. V březnu roku 1989 zemřel v bostonské nemocnici na následky onemocnění AIDS .
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. His most controversial works documented and examined ...
Oct 2, 2015 · At issue was The Perfect Moment, a retrospective exhibition of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. He had risen to national prominence through his black-and-white depictions of 1970s New York ...
Robert Mapplethorpe’s practice as an artist was characterized by inherent dualities. He sought what he called “perfection in form” in everything from acts of sexual fetishism to the elegant contours of flower petals. Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium explores Mapplethorpe's body of work through early drawings, collages, sculptures, and Polaroid photography; materials from his archive; portraits, still lifes, and figure studies; rare color photographs; and two seldom-seen moving ...
Biography. Robert Mapplethorpe was born in 1946 in Floral Park, Queens. Of his childhood he said, "I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave." Tulips, 1987.
Mar 29, 2016 · March 29, 2016, 7:20am. Snap. Patti Smith's boyfriend, the gay New York artist who died of AIDS, the man who took a picture of fisting and called it art: However you know of cult photographer ...
