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Exhibition catalog - Mapplethorpe / von Gloeden Beauty and Desire

Name: Exhibition catalog - Mapplethorpe / von Gloeden Beauty and Desire
SKU: MX042502
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MX042502

ENGLISH VERSION

This volume pays tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe, one of the foremost figures in 20th-century photography, through an unprecedented comparison with Wilhelm von Gloeden and the Fratelli Alinari: an evocative, at times precise, comparison that reveals the recurrence of common themes. The...

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Characteristics

Number of pages: 216
Dimensions: 19,0×27,0 cm
Theme: Photography

Number of illustrations: 156
Artist: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Art movement: 20th century
Reference: MX042502
EAN: 9788836655038
Size of the book: Paperback with flap

Editor: Silvana Editoriale
Publication date: 28 mars 2025

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The work and its artist

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)

Mapplethorpe is one of the greatest masters of art photography. He uses highly stylised black and white for portraits, nudes and still lifes. After his beginnings in drawing and collage, Mapplethorpe discovered photography in 1970. The artist then focused on male nudes, his art at the limits of pornography made sandal in the United States and fuelled a polemic on the public funding of art. Fascinated by the antique model, Mapplethrope puts muscularity and aesthetic perfection at the centre of his work. The artist died in 1989 at the age of 42 from AIDS. After his death, a culture war broke out in the United States, as an exhibition on Mapplethrope was to be held at the Corcoran Gallery od Art in Washington, D.C. However, Senator Helms closed the exhibition as obscene. A schism was then created between those who defended artistic freedom and those who fought against the attack on public morality. The value of Mappelthrope's work will be rehabilitated and recognised a posteriori.

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