Mapplethorpe: a biography
(Book)
Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most famous and controversial figures in the contemporary art world. Some of his photographs were praised for their startlingly beautiful composition, others condemned for their explicit sexuality. He was an artistic enigma. In 1989, three months after Mapplethorpe's death at forty-two, the Corcoran Gallery of Art canceled a show of his work, igniting a fierce battle over federal funding of "objectionable" art. When the exhibit arrived in Cincinnati a year later, the Center for Contemporary Art and its director were ordered to stand trial on obscenity charges - the first time a gallery in the United States faced prosecution for the art it displayed. In this remarkable biography, Patricia Morrisroe chronicles Mapplethorpe's singular life and the development of his unique art against the background of American culture during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Mapplethorpe: A Biography reveals a life even more daring than the photographer's art. Selected by Mapplethorpe to write his story, Patricia Morrisroe conducted numerous interviews with the artist before his death, as well as with hundreds of people who knew him during the different periods of his life. Powerful and provocative, Mapplethorpe is the definitive biography of one of America's most celebrated photographers.
Notes
Morrisroe, P. (1995). Mapplethorpe: a biography. First edition. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Morrisroe, Patricia, 1951-. 1995. Mapplethorpe: A Biography. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Morrisroe, Patricia, 1951-, Mapplethorpe: A Biography. New York, Random House, 1995.
MLA Citation (style guide)Morrisroe, Patricia. Mapplethorpe: A Biography. First edition. New York, Random House, 1995.
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