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Robert Mapplethorpe And The Classical Tradition
Jennifer Blessing, Arkady Ippolitov, Antonio Canova, Benvenuto Cellini, Jacques-Louis David, Jacob Matham, Jan Saenredam, Auguste Rodin
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
Robert Mapplethorpe never concealed his interest in and passion for the human figure in all its sensuous manifestations. His celebrated black-and-white photographs from the later part of the 20th century reveled in the athletic body, the nude body,...
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Mapplethorpe: A Biography
Patricia Morrisroe
Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
The brilliant photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) was one of the most infamous figures of the contemporary art world. Patricia Morrisroe, drawing on the numerous interviews she conducted with him and those who know him, has written a...
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Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Collection
Maria-Christina Villasenor, Joan Young, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Matthew Barney, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Andreas Gursky, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Robert Smithson, Kara Walker, John G. Hanhardt, Maria-Christina Villaseñor
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
During the late 1960s and 70s, a paradigm shift occurred within visual culture: photography and the moving image were absorbed into critical art practices. In particular, these mediums were used to record ephemeral or performative events and to...
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The Coral Sea
Patti Smith
W. W. Norton & Company
W. W. Norton & Company
A collection of lyrical writings provides a tribute to the author's enduring friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe and describes the late artist's coming of age, relationship with Sam Wagstaff, and battle with AIDS.
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Possession Obsession: Andy Warhol and Collecting
Stephano Papi, Alexandra Rhodes, Pamela Allara, Kenneth Arnes, Frederick Brandt, Sascha Chermayeff, Ralph Coe, Jonathan Flatley, Allen Kurzweil, Michael Lobel, Thomas Sokolowski, Matthew Tinkcom, Pilar Viladas, Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, John W. Smith
The Andy Warhol Museum
The Andy Warhol Museum
Description: "So many categories!" Andy Warhol would complain during his rigorous, nearly obsessive daily shopping regimen of antique stores, galleries, auction houses, and flea markets. Though best known as a proponent of the avant-garde, Warhol...
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