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Copyright Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
 Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946 - 1989)
USA

Andy Warhol, 1986

Black and white photograph (Gelatin silver print);
51 x 51 cm
80's

UID 102-357



Biography

American photographer born in New York City, he attended Pratt Institute (1963-70) and soon became noted for his austere black-and-white photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes. During the early 1980s, Mapplethorpe's photographs began a shift toward a phase of refinement of subject and an emphasis on classical formal beauty. He continued to challenge the definition of photography by introducing new techniques and formats to his oeuvre: color Polaroids, photogravure, platinum prints on paper and linen, Cibachromes and dye transfer color prints, as well as his earlier black-and-white gelatin silver prints. In 1987 he established the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to promote photography, support museums that exhibit photography as an art form of the same importance as painting and sculpture, and to fund medical research and finance projects in the fight against AIDS and HIV-related infection. He also established the Foundation's initial philanthropic mandate, targeting the area of his greatest concern: the recognition of photography. The explicit homoeroticism of some of his nudes aroused controversy, though their beauty was widely recognized.



Exhibitions

The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003

Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004

Photography in The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
01-02-2005 ~ 30-04-2005

Arte Pop na Colecção Berardo
Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Madeira), Portugal
01-10-2002 ~ 31-01-2003

Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003

Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca.
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002

Sedução Cinema & Pintura
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
27-06-2006 ~ 31-01-2007

Face and Identity, Portraits from the Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural e Congressos Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
15-05-2008 ~ 15-09-2008

Tudo o que é Sólido
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
07-06-2010 ~ 12-09-2010


Bibliography

Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729742873

Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 9728176856

Robert Mapplethorpe, 1986
Published by Idea Books Edizione

Sedução Cinema & Pintura, 2006
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729903034

Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 972974288X







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