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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_MapplethorpeRobert Mapplethorpe - Wikipedia

    Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( / ˈmeɪpəlˌθɔːrp / 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.

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  3. www.tate.org.uk › art › artistsThe Photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe | Tate

    They met in 1967 and lived together for the next few years. In 1970 they moved together into the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the historic hotel known for its famous residents including many writers, artists and musicians. Robert Mapplethorpe took many photographs of Patti Smith.

  4. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › articlesLaid bare: The playful side of Robert Mapplethorpe - BBC

    Nov 22, 2016 · There have been retrospectives of his work this year in Paris, Oslo and Los Angeles. There are shows running in Turin, Stockholm and Montreal. So what is it about Mapplethorpe which...

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Robert-MapplethorpeRobert Mapplethorpe | American Photographer, Artist & Activist

    May 22, 2024 · Robert Mapplethorpe (born Nov. 4, 1946, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass.) was an American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes; among the latter were some that proved controversial because of their explicitly homoerotic and sadomasochistic themes.

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  6. www.bbc.co.uk › culture › articleRobert Mapplethorpe: Beyond controversy - BBC Culture

    Oct 21, 2014 · Mapplethorpe, who died of Aids-related complications at the age of just 42, is currently the subject of a major exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, which aims to strip away the...

  7. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-44766787Robert Mapplethorpe: From suburbia to subversive gay icon - BBC

    Jul 12, 2018 · Thirty years ago the controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe had a major exhibition at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan. It contained several of his trademark explicit shots of...

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  9. www.theartstory.org › artist › mapplethorpe-robertRobert Mapplethorpe Photography, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory

    During Mapplethorpe's lifetime, photography wasn't a respected means of art making as it is today. He was able to bring photography into major museums during the course of his career, most notably one of his final shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1989, and many museums posthumously.

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