Mapplethorpe Flora
Author | : Robert Mapplethorpe |
Publisher | : Phaidon Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-05-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 1838668217 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781838668211 |
Rating | : 4/5 (211 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mapplethorpe Flora written by Robert Mapplethorpe and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2024-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century's most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes - from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works. In carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips and other species - both common and rare - and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result - a stunning body of work - is collected in this elegant book, with a foreword by Mapplethorpe's close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.