Robert Mapplethorpe
Subtitle: the photographs
By: Paul Martineau and Britt Salvesen ; with contributions by Philip Gefter, Jonathan D. Katz, Ryan Linkof, Richard Meyer, Carol Squiers
Contributors: Salvesen, Britt, author; Gefter, Philip; Katz, Jonathan D., 1958-; Linkof, Ryan; Meyer, Richard; Squiers, Carol, 1948-; Mapplethorpe, Robert; J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781606064696
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Artistic Photography; Exhibitions; J. Paul Getty Museum
Other titles: Robert Mapplethorpe, the perfect medium.
Description: The legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is rich and complicated, triggering controversy, polarizing critics, and providing inspiration for many artists who followed him. One of the most influential figures of his time, today Mapplethorpe stands as an example to emerging photographers who continue to experiment with the boundaries of acceptability and concepts of the beautiful.Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs offers a timely and rewarding examination of his oeuvre and influence.
Notes: "This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from March 15 to July 31, 2016, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from March 20 to July 31, 2016; subsequently at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal from September 10, 2016, to January 15, 2017; and at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, from October 2017 to February 2018"--ECIP galley.

"This exhibition was organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--Page iv.

Includes bibliographical references {pages 319-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapplethorped: art, photography, and the pornographic imagination / Richard Meyer; title: Flesh and spirit: Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Wagstaff, and the gay sensibility / Philip Gefter; title: Robert Mapplethorpe's queer classicism: the substance of style / Jonathan D. Katz; title: A disciplined style: fashion and fetishism in the art of Robert Mapplethorpe / Ryan Linkof; title: Mapplethorpe: portrait/self-portrait / Carol Squiers.