Mapplethorpe

Mapplethorpe, Robert ; Arthur C. Danto et al.

ISBN 10: 022403605X / ISBN 13: 9780224036054

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1992

About this Item

First UK edition. Cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket, 382 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm. Good/very good, inscribed by previous owner on title page, age-toning towards page-edges. Heavy/large, may require additional postage for international customers. "Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of forty-two, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. His elegant and sometimes shocking nudes, the black-and-white portraits, flower still lifes, and images of sexual sadomasochism had been exhibited widely and were the subject of serious critical attention in Europe and America. A few months after his death, Mapplethorpe became the focus of an acrimonious debate over federal funding of the arts when an exhibition of his work was canceled by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, was subsequently acquitted of obscenity charges brought against him for presenting the same exhibition." "This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, drawing on the full range of his work, from the early Polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It has been prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects."--Jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mapplethorpe
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022403605X
• ISBN 13: 9780224036054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

This major, long out-of-print survey, widely regarded as the definitive overview of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photography, is once again available in a new, updated edition. It presents a comprehensive selection of Mapplethorpe's nudes, portraits, self-portraits, floral still lifes and other works, including his best known and most controversial images. Mapplethorpe's choices were both innovative and bold, and his work has continued to resonate since his early death in 1989. His cutting-edge use of homoerotic and other challenging themes has become embedded in our culture, with pervasive echoes not only in the work of other artists but in mainstream advertising as well.

From the Publisher

· A must-have for anyone interested in contemporary photography

· Includes the well-known and highly regarded essay by philosopher and art critic Arthur C. Danto