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Robert Mapplethorpe


Birthday: 1947
- Dead: 1989 on Aids
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe, who died of Aids in 1989 at the age of 42, is one of the most famous contemporary photographer of the United States. Especially known for his nude photographs with homoerotic motifs, he caused sensation that escalated into a surge of indignation, but also lead to a reflection on censorship.
 
During the eighties, the "Flowers" gained great importance within his OEuvre. Today, his flower photographs, for example the "Cally Lily's" obtained the highest bids amongst all his motifs on International auctions. He was able to integrate the flower photography into Modern Art without getting the slightest reproach of kitsch.
 
Even in his floral motifs, one can see Mapplethorpe's priority subject: sexuality stylized to still life. Formally, they show an absolute clearness of composition and in the same way an erotic intensity. The flowers do not appear in their usual innocent symbolism. The nude photographs are sublimated by the idea of beauty that shines through all of them. The flower photographs on the other hand 'portray' an uncanny aura which is the result of the analogy to human body parts and the erotic effect related to this representation.
In Galleries
Galerie Stefan Röpke
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Anthurium
Ken Moody
Lily
Tulip
Tulips
Biographie
Date Title / Description
1989 Died from AIDS
1972 Becomes aquainted with Sam Wagstaft
1971 Begins photographic work
1969 Account Executive with Andy Warhol's Factory
1967 Befriends Patti Smith
1963-69 BFA, Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
1946 Born Queens, NY
Exhibitions
Date Title / Description
1997 Konfrontation - Mapplethorpe/Palavrakis, VAU, Berlin, Galerie Stefan Röpke Köln, Germany
1996 Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids, Galerie Stefan Röpke Cologne, Germany
1996 Sex and Crime, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
1995 Faces: 1975-1995, Pelham Arts Center Pelham, NY
1994 Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
1992 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Japan (traveled)
1991 Fashion Photography Since 1945, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
1990 The Indomitable Spirit, International Center of Photography, Midtown NY (catalog, traveled)
1989 150 Years of Photography, National Art Gallery Washington, DC (catalog, traveled)
1989 Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA (catalog, traveled)
1988 Robert Mapplethorpe, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1988 First Person Singular: Self Portrait Photography, The High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center Atlanta, GA
1988 National Portrait Gallery London, England
1988 Identity: Representations of the Self, Whitney Museum of American Art NY
1988 Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1986 Invitation: La Revue Parkett, Centre Nat'l d'Art & de Culture Georges Pompidou Paris, France
1985 Self-Portrait: The Photographer's Persona 1840-1985, Museum of Modern Art NY
1984 The Heroic Figure, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
1983 New Art, Tate Gallery London, England
1983 Robert Mapplethorpe 1970-1983, Institute of Contemporary Art London, UK
1982 Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY
1979 People Watching, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1979 International Center of Photography NY
1978 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art California
1978 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
1978 Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
1976 Animals, Holly Solomon Gallery New York
1974 Recent Religious and Ritual Art, Buecker and Harpsichords New York
1973 Polaroids, Light Gallery New York, NY

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