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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitled by Kristina Rogers, Image 1.

    Kristina Rogers

    Untitled, 1994

    Gelatin silver print

    11.875 x 7.875 in (30.16 x 20.0 cm)

  2. The Romantic South by Todd Duren, Image 1.

    Todd Duren

    The Romantic South, 1989

    Silkscreen with photographs on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  3. Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz by Amy Namowitz Worthen, Image 1.

    Amy Namowitz Worthen

    Terrace Hill with Engraving of Sankt Gottard, Mainz, 1982

    Engraving on paper

    14.5 x 12.75 in (36.83 x 32.39 cm)

  4. Night/Lilies by George Burk, Image 1.

    George Burk

    Night/Lilies, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    15 x 11 in (38.1 x 27.94 cm)

  5. Via Air Mail by Saul Steinberg, Image 1.

    Saul Steinberg

    Via Air Mail, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 30 in (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

  6. Terry Moore by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Terry Moore, 1953

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 11 in (35.24 x 27.94 cm)

  7. The Sleeping Congregation by William Hogarth, Image 1.

    William Hogarth

    The Sleeping Congregation, 1762

    Etching and engraving on paper

  8. Peter MacGill

    Untitled, 1976-1977

    Gelatin silver print

    6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm)

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About the artist

Robert Mapplethorpe

American

1946-1989

American photographer. Mapplethorpe studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, beginning with drawing, painting, and sculpture, though he later gravitated to photography. He is known for his highly stylized black and white photography depicting artists, musicians, celebrities, pornographic film stars, male and female nudes, and still lifes of flowers. The homoerotic undertone of many of his pieces caused his work to come under fire during the Culture Wars, a national debate over public funding sponsoring controversial artwork. The portrait of two men embracing, bound by gauze, a fragile material associated with injuries or death, is emblematic of that controversy.