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Robert Mapplethorpe

American

1946-1989

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  1. Andy Warhol by Robert Mapplethorpe, Image 4.

    Robert Mapplethorpe

    Andy Warhol, 1984

    Photograph

    31 x 31 cm

    US$2,000

  2. Ken Moody and Robert Sherman by Robert Mapplethorpe, Image 1.

    Robert Mapplethorpe

    Ken Moody and Robert Sherman, 1984

    Photograph

    51 x 41 cm

    US$1,800

  3. Nick 1977 by Robert Mapplethorpe, Image 4.

    Robert Mapplethorpe

    Nick 1977, 1977

    Photograph

    31 x 31 cm

    US$2,000

  4. Ken Moody by Robert Mapplethorpe, Image 4.

    Robert Mapplethorpe

    Ken Moody, 1984

    Photograph

    51 x 41 cm

    US$1,800

After studying drawing, painting and sculpture at the Pratt Institute in the 1960s, Robert Mapplethorpe began experimenting with photography while living in the notorious Chelsea Hotel with Patti Smith. Beginning with Polaroids, he soon moved on to a Hasselblad medium-format camera, which he used to explore aspects of life often only seen behind closed doors.

By the 1980s Mapplethorpe's focus was predominantly in the studio, shooting portraits, flowers and nudes. His depiction of the human form in formal compositions reflects his love of classical sculpture and his groundbreaking marriage of those aesthetics with often challenging subject matter. Mapplethorpe's style is present regardless of subject matter — from erotic nudes to self-portraits and flowers — as he ceaselessly strove for what he called "perfection of form."
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