Robert Mapplethorpe
Subtitle: the archive
By: Frances Terpak & Michelle Brunnick ; with essays by Patti Smith and Jonathan Weinberg
Contributors: Brunnick, Michelle, author; Smith, Patti, author; Weinberg, Jonathan, 1957- author; Mapplethorpe, Robert, artist; Getty Research Institute
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781606064702
Subjects: Photographers; Criticism and interpretation; Archives; Biography
Other titles: Archive
Description: "This publication will provide an overview of the most extensive collection of primary material existing on Robert Mapplethorpe's entire practice, including the work he produced before turning to photography. This volume will focus on examples of etchings, drawings, collages, paintings, sculpture, commercial work, personal collections, as well as intimate dialogues among friends, colleagues, and business associates. In addition, the book will provide insight into Mapplethorpe's identity as a gay man and the ways his art pushed against the limits of censorship and conformity. This publication is intended to be a 'signal contribution to our understanding of one of the key figures in late-twentieth-century photography and cultural politics.'"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "This publication will provide an overview of the most extensive collection of primary material existing on Robert Mapplethorpe's entire practice, including the work he produced before turning to photography. This volume will focus on examples of etchings, drawings, collages, paintings, sculpture, commercial work, personal collections, as well as intimate dialogues among friends, colleagues, and business associates. In addition, the book will provide insight into Mapplethorpe's identity as a gay man and the ways his art pushed against the limits of censorship and conformity. This publication is intended to be a "signal contribution to our understanding of one of the key figures in late-twentieth-century photography and cultural politics."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Picturing Robert / Patti Smith; title: 1977: Stars align; title: Pratt: not quite fitting in; title: Chelsea charm; title: Instant attraction; title: Commercial work: capturing the jewels; title: Photography's bad boy; title: A photographer's cabinet of wonders; title: The promiscuity of the archive / Jonathan Weinberg; title: Pointing the way: an illustrated guide to the Robert Mapplethorpe archive.