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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.
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Mar 29, 2016 · by Hannah Ewens. London, GB. March 29, 2016, 7:20am. Patti Smith's boyfriend, the gay New York artist who died of AIDS, the man who took a picture of fisting and called it art: However you know...
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Mar 8, 2019 · This year marks three decades since Mapplethorpe’s death from AIDS complications on March 30, 1989, an anniversary concurrent with a surge of renewed interest in his life and art. Mapplethorpe, director Ondi Timoner’s biopic starring The Crown ’s Matt Smith as the ferociously ambitious photographer on his rise from art student to living ...
By ANDY GRUNDBERG. obert Mapplethorpe, a photographer whose widely exhibited pictures combined classical beauty with sometimes shocking subject matter, died of acquired immune deficiency...
Apr 12, 2024 · Controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) shocked the world with his images of bondage, gay-sex, female bodybuilders, and naked black men. Always technically brilliant, sometimes politically problematic, these photographs captured a New York community during times of intense social change.
Jan 13, 2024 · Robert Mapplethorpe left an indelible mark on the world of photography before his untimely death from an AIDS-related illness in 1989. He was only 42. The year before he died, he established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, to celebrate and promote photography, preserve his own work, and fund research to fight HIV.
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Oct 19, 2022 · Patti Smith, 2978, by Robert Mapplethorpe. Jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The J Paul Getty Trust. Partial gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; partial purchase ...
