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In 1980 Mapplethorpe met Lisa Lyon, who won the first World Women’s Bodybuilding Championship. Attracted to her muscular physique, which reminded him of Michelangelo’s rendering of the female figure, Mapplethorpe began a collaboration with her that culminated in the 1983 book Lady, Lisa Lyon .
Apr 8, 2024 · Full Record Details. Title: Lisa Lyon, 1980-1983, undated. Creation Date: 1980-1983, undated. File Type: Archival file. Details From Collection. Collection: Robert Mapplethorpe papers and photographs. Arrangement: Arranged in nine series: Series I. Creative work, circa 1850-2009, undated; Series II.
Apr 16, 2020 · Robert Mapplethorpe met Lisa Lyon, the first World Women’s BodyBuilding Champion, at a party in SoHo in 1979 where her black rubber outfit caught Mapplethorpe’s eye. At the time, Mapplethorpe, who had garnered the attention of the art world for his explicit gay and sadomasochistic photographs, was searching for a new project so as not to be ...
Mapplethorpe met Lisa Lyon, the first World Women's Bodybuilding Champion, in 1980. Over the next several years they collaborated on a series of portraits and figure studies, a film, and the book, Lady: Lisa Lyon.
In these photographs, which were published in a book in 1983, Lady: Lisa Lyon, Lyon took on different guises and played with the idea of ‘types’ of women. During this time Mapplethorpe was also photographing the male figure.
Lisa Robin Lyon (May 13, 1953 – September 8, 2023) was an American female bodybuilder and photo model who is regarded as one of female bodybuilding's pioneers. Biography [ edit ] Born in Los Angeles, California, on May 13, 1953, [1] Lyon studied art at the University of California at Los Angeles .
Mapplethorpe’s Muses - Lisa Lyon. We focus on a few of the photographer’s favourite models, beginning with this female bodybuilder friend. Robert Mapplethorpe ’s photographs aren’t restricted to the male body, though he did, to a considerable degree, focus on masculine beauty.
