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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.
- Patricia Morrisroe
- 1995
Mar 8, 2019 · Mapplethorpe would not have considered himself a political artist, but his work captured an air of sexual uprising during his ascent to fame in the 70s, before becoming a cultural flashpoint just after his death in 1989.
Oct 21, 2014 · Mapplethorpe, one of the most significant American photographers of the 1970s and ’80s, was an artist in thrall to pure form – of nude men and women, but also of flowers, statuary, and his own...
Nov 22, 2016 · Mapplethorpe died of an AIDS-related illness in 1989, aged just 42, but after all these years his fame – and infamy – shows no sign of fading. There have been retrospectives of his work this year...
Mapplethorpe championed erotic black and white photography of fetish and leather gay imagery, along with flowers, children, and celebrities portraits.
- American
- November 4, 1946
- Floral Park, New York
- March 9, 1989
Mar 3, 2022 · Born in 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe had been raised in a middle-class, Roman Catholic family in the suburb of Floral Park, Long Island. He loved art from an early age and spent endless hours coloring, sketching, and making jewelry—no matter that jewelry making was then considered a girl’s craft.
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Nov 5, 1989 · While the Mapplethorpe exhibition, “The Perfect Moment,” has caused enormous debate, “Minor White: The Eye That Shapes” has barely been noticed. The Mapplethorpe show carries a warning ...
