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Robert Mapplethorpe
dal 20/10/2012 al 23/3/2013

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20/10/2012

Robert Mapplethorpe

Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles

XYZ


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XYZ. The X, Y, and Z Portfolios (published in 1978, 1978, and 1981, respectively) by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) summarize Mapplethorpe's ambitions as a fine-art photographer and contemporary artist, reflecting the tripartite division of his mature work: homosexual sadomasochistic imagery (X); floral still lifes (Y); and nude portraits of African-American men (Z). Mapplethorpe's work has consistently provoked strong reactions, notably during the so-called Culture Wars of the 1980s. The exhibition is an opportunity to assess Mapplethorpe's confrontational photographs - with their paradoxical mix of classicizing, austere form and raw, uninhibited content-through three series that defined not only his artistic career, but also a moment in American cultural politics. The exhibition, together with the Getty Museum's concurrent In Focus: Robert Mapplethorpe, celebrates the landmark joint acquisition, in 2011, of the Robert Mapplethorpe Archive by LACMA, the Getty Museum, and the Getty Research Institute.

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