Robert Mapplethorpe
Collection by Paul Keijbets Photography
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) was een Amerikaanse fotograaf, bekend om zijn foto's van bloemen en naakte mannen. De expliciete homoseksuele erotiek van sommige van zijn werken leidde vaak tot problemen met overheden.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer known for his black-and-white portraits and for documenting New York’s S&M scene. View Robert Mapplethorpe’s 3,278 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.
Exploring Robert Mapplethorpe’s Portraits of Cultural Icons
While knee-jerk Senator Jesse Helms did his unlevel best to ensure that America at-large most remembered the more pornographic work of Robert Mapplethorpe, we of sounder mind know that the lensman contained many multitudes. In addition to shooting…
The Getty Museum
Robert Mapplethorpe is among the most influential visual artists of the late twentieth century. This major retrospective exhibition reexamines the arc of his photographic work from its humble beginnings in the early 1970s to the culture wars of the 1990s. Featuring portraits, nudes, still lifes, and the controversial X Portfolio, the exhibition explores Mapplethorpe’s studio practice and the creation of his foundation, which has shepherded his legacy into the 21st century.