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Robert Mapplethorpe Sylvia Wolf

Robert Mapplethorpe By Sylvia Wolf

Robert Mapplethorpe by Sylvia Wolf


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Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s - a medium in which he established the style that would bring him international acclaim - are brought together in this new paperback edition.

Robert Mapplethorpe Summary

Robert Mapplethorpe: Polaroids by Sylvia Wolf

Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Robert Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. This book brings together almost three hundred images from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation's archive and private collections, to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist. These works reveal the themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career. Included is a selection of his color Polaroids and objects incorporating his early instant photography. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, others a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography during a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975, when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, portraits of lovers and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff and Marianne Faithful and observations of everyday objects. Marked by a spontaneity and creative curiosity, these fragile images offer an illuminating contrast to the glossy perfection of the work for which Mapplethorpe is best known, allowing us a more personal glimpse of his artistry.

About Sylvia Wolf

Sylvia Wolf is director of the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. She is the author of numerous critical works on photography, including The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Digital Age (Prestel).

Additional information

NGR9783791348704
9783791348704
3791348701
Robert Mapplethorpe: Polaroids by Sylvia Wolf
New
Paperback
Prestel
2013-07-17
256
N/A
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