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From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Kobalt Vase 2 by KASM, Image 1.

    KASM

    Kobalt Vase 2, 2024

    Ceramic

    31 x 18 x 18 cm

    US$1,200

  2. Red Dragon by Li Ming, Image 1.

    Li Ming

    Red Dragon, 2023

    Ceramic

    18 x 18 x 13 cm

    US$1,000

  3. Fox Theatre Detroit II by John D. Callow, Image 1.

    John D. Callow

    Fox Theatre Detroit II, 2006

    Photograph

    32 x 32 cm

    US$800

  4. Stones of Callanish by Andrew Frith, Image 1.

    Andrew Frith

    Stones of Callanish, 2002

    Platinum

    28 x 36 cm

    US$2,000

  5. Calf by Wu Jialin, Image 2.

    Wu Jialin

    Calf, 2001

    Gelatin Silver Print

    41 x 51 cm

    US$5,000

  6. La Danse by Marco Piono, Image 1.

    Marco Piono

    La Danse, 1997

    Bronze

    18 x 5 x 5 cm

    US$800

  7. Egg Cage by Henry Steiner, Image 1.

    Henry Steiner

    Egg Cage, 1994

    Giclee

    51 x 41 cm

    US$300

  8. Picasso 1957 by Irving Penn, Image 3.

    Irving Penn

    Picasso 1957, 1957

    Photograph

    31 x 31 cm

    US$4,000

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About the artist

Robert Mapplethorpe

American

1946–1989

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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