Talk:Robert Mapplethorpe
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[edit] "homoerotic"
I have to say that it seems as if this article highly glosses over the fact that MAJOR portions of Mapplethorpe's work (certainally at least 25% of it) were hardly simply "homoerotic", but in fact graphic, sexually explicit photographs of controversial sexual acts such as fisting and so forth... Pacian 06:44, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I added a sentence describing Mapplethorpe's famous (or infamous) bullwhip pic, since he received a great deal of publicity for this photo. I have to wonder, is it really accurate to say:
IMO, to the extent people have heard of Mapplethorpe at all, they think of the bullwhip pic and the NEA controversy. Firebug 06:52, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)He is perhaps best remembered, however, for his series of closeup photographs of flowers. These highly polished and stylized photographs showed the plants' reproductive parts in extreme detail, intended to echo his more conventional homoerotic works. Mapplethorpe's treated his prints like paintings; he employed special printing techniques and gave them exotic frames.
[edit] added some more information
Hi there
Good call above, I think.
I've added information about where Mapplethorpe is buried and one especially notable book of his photographs that was issued after his death. I think the article could benefit from a list of his commonly available photography books, such as The Black Book, Ten by Ten, etc. I'll try to put one together, but if anyone would like to start, go for it...
Should I put Autoportrait in the bibliography? Is that where a list of his own work would go as well?
Cheers.
Math Tinder 04:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photos
More fair use images should be added for a more representative display of his work. I'm collecting some high quality scans to consider for this... Any suggestions for works to include? Including more images would be consistent with other articles about artists, such as Rembrandt. Tomyumgoong 17:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- We should have a representative sample of each of the major genres in which he worked. I would especially encourage you to include some of his great floral prints that are frequently overlooked. The hard part will be finding fair use images. SteveHopson 18:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree entirely. Flowers, self portraits, celebrity portraits, gay bondage, some of his work with the female body and so on. Tomyumgoong 18:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
