Mapplethorpe produced a consistent body of work that strove for balance and perfection and established him in the top rank of twentieth-century artists.
Robert Mapplethorpe jest mistrzem klasycznych portretów, aktów i fotografii martwej natury. W albumie Flowers mozna odnalezc zarowno erotyczne napiecia, tak typowe dla "obrazow" Mapplethorpa, jak i nieskazitelna czystosc kompozycji.
The classic and arguably most ‚typical‘ Mapplethorpe, his once shocking and still fascinating homage to the black male body is available again in a special reprint with a poem by Ntozake Shange. English/German text.
Today, Robert Mapplethorpe is recognized as firmly an artist of his time, whose work was richly steeped in the classical tradition. Even his most transgressive work borrowed heavily from the conventions of such masters as Michelangelo.
