Author<\/b>: Robert Mapplethorpe<\/p>\n
Publication Date<\/b>: March 2014<\/p>\n
Publishing House<\/b>: Schirmer-Mosel<\/p>\n
Among the motifs considered to be typically Mapplethorpe–i.e. nudes, portraits, black men, and the New York gay scene–flowers had a firmly-established (albeit less spectacular) position. The first date from the seventies; the last were taken shortly before his death. Design was also dominant here; the perfect, emphatically artifical arrangement. And in the final analysis, he was also concerned with the same subject: stylizing sexuality into a still life. Under Mapplethorpe’s gaze, flowers lose their mellifluous-ness and innocent symbolism. They suddenly reveal a perfidious, at times decadent, eloquence. Once again one encounters two things in their utmost perfection: erotic drama and absolute clarity of composition–the celestial poles and quintessence of Mapplethorpe’s work. His long-time partner, singer-songwriter Patti Smith, composed a farewell poem for this volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60996,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21562,22973,21724,21732,25037],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-52319","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","product_cat-culture-and-technology","product_cat-design-and-art-selection","product_cat-iconic-photographers-selection","product_cat-mode-et-art-en","first","instock","product-type-external"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n