Talk:Robert Mapplethorpe

message: I have to say that it seems as if this article highly glosses over the fact that MAJOR portions of Mapplethorpe's work (certainally at least 25% of it) were hardly simply "homoerotic", but in fact graphic, sexually explicit photographs of controversial sexual acts such as fisting and so forth...
Pacian 06:44, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "homoerotic"

message: Hi there
Good call above, I think.
I've added information about where Mapplethorpe is buried and one especially notable book of his photographs that was issued after his death.  I think the article could benefit from a list of his commonly available photography books, such as The Black Book, Ten by Ten, etc.  I'll try to put one together, but if anyone would like to start, go for it... 
Should I put Autoportrait in the bibliography?  Is that where a list of his own work would go as well?
Cheers.
Math Tinder 04:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  added some more information 

message: More fair use images should be added for a more representative display of his work.  I'm collecting some high quality scans to consider for this...  Any suggestions for works to include?  Including more images would be consistent with other articles about artists, such as Rembrandt. Tomyumgoong 17:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We should have a representative sample of each of the major genres in which he worked.  I would especially encourage you to include some of his great floral prints that are frequently overlooked.  The hard part will be finding fair use images.  SteveHopson 18:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree entirely.  Flowers, self portraits, celebrity portraits, gay bondage, some of his work with the female body and so on. Tomyumgoong 18:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd kind of like to see someone upload one of his self-portraits - he did so many and it seems like a shame that none are on here. One which would be particularly appropiate and ironic, considering his status as a lightning-rod for controversy, would be the photo of him holding a gun standing underneath and inverted pentagram. Does anyone know if any of these are fair use? LittleRoughRhinestone 23:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: I don't believe that the link which is posted, which purportedly links to Mapplethorpe's "bullwhip" photo, is correct. There are at least two, maybe three self-portraits which Mapplethorpe made of himself with some kind of whip inserted into his anal cavity (like this one , for example), and the one that is linked to seems to have the least potential out of all of them to shock or offend. Could someone knowledgeable clear this up, potentially? LittleRoughRhinestone 23:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a legal problem in putting the above link in the article? Would it break copyright, for instance? Michael Glass 00:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As no-one has commented, I have put the link into the article. Michael Glass 00:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The infamous "bullwhip" photo 

message: The general feeling of the section I tagged seems to be defending Mapplethorpe and using loaded language to criticize the vies of his opponents. Any thoughts? --Scorpios 20:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed words that appeared to sanitise the article. Any feedback? Michael Glass 01:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Weasel Words

message: I just finished watching "Dirty Pictures", a docudrama about the Cincinnati trial.  In that they made many references to his Tryptics.  Pictures that have more artistic merit as a set than they do apart.  I just tried looking up more information on this and found nothing.  Can anybody add a section here expanding on this topic?  Gbeacock 07:54, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mapplethorpe Tryptics

message: * This controversy was not accidental, as Mapplethorpe intended to use his unquestionable skills as a classic photographer to display gay sexuality.  Mapplethorpe's work functions in a postmodern sense on many levels and raises a variety of questions regarding the lexicon of the classic male nude and its tie to sexuality, the role and construction of gender and sexuality in society, the role of form and content in traditional and contemporary art, the communicative aspect of imagery, and censorship issues regarding museum space, tax dollars, and, in a general sense, all imagery.
I removed the above section as it is written in a gushing, fan-site tone of adoration not suitable for an encyclopaedia and without sources it constitutes personal opinion at worst, original research at best.  --Brideshead 09:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Weasel words

message: I think it is worth having some information about how he died. He died of AIDS in 1989, I think it is worth including this detail in his biography. I actually visited this page to find out how he died, but I had to look elsewhere.Wizlop (talk) 13:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: Particularly about the UCE controversy. Can we get some?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.179.88.59 (talk) 16:53, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The article about the UCE controversy needs to be clarified. It does not give a comprehensive description of the explicit photo's themselves. 69.18.107.10 (talk) 04:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clarification on UCE controversy 

message: The movie  has an article on de (:de:Dirty Pictures).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.73.132.119 (talk) 21:21, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a see also to our page on it, here. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:27, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie Dirty Pictures 

message: Why doesn't this article mention Sam Wagstaff?  Mapplethorpe's long-time lover and patron?
I'm no art expert, and I don't feel qualified to edit, but this absence baffles me.
--Joan S.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.28.12.219 (talk) 20:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming that there is reliable sourcing, I don't see any reason why not. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Sam Wagstaff

message: One of the phrases of the biography section reads "In the 1980s he refined his aesthetic, photographing statuesque male and female nudes, delicate flower still lifes, and highly formal portraits of artists and celebrities".
Is the term "refine" appropriate here , as it seems more like a switch in subject matter? It sounds too much as a personal opinion assuming that his aesthetic wasn't refined before.
I don't want to just edit it out before hearing more opinions on it first.
--tregiani (talk) 16:50, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good question, and I'm not sure what the right answer is. I agree with you that the phrase sounds wrong, but I also note that the context is his expanding from photos of friends, etc., to more composed subject matter. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:29, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: "By the 1980's his subject matter for photography focussed on female nudes, delicate flower still lifes, and formal portraits of artists and celebrities." Bus stop (talk) 22:08, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's much better. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:22, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

text: , with a few minor tweaks. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  On refined aesthetics 

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message: There was a CDi "game" called "The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe" that I've become aware of thanks to episode 96 of AVGN (Lester the Unlikely). I find it strange that it's not here, especially since it appeared in such a popular web show. How come? BR20 DaCrazy (talk) 18:01, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert on CDi