Robert Mapplethorpe
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Exhibition
Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs 1976-1985
Known for his highly developed sense of formal compositions and choice of subject matter, Robert Mapplethorpe was a key international figure in contemporary photography. This selection of 60 photographs was the first extensive exhibition of Mapplethorpe’s work to be shown in Australia...
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Exhibition
Paul Taylor Memorial
...from Taylor’s private collection.
Exhibiting Artists: Howard Arkley, Joseph Beuys, Juan Davila, Keith Haring, Joseph Kosuth, Maria Kozic & Philip Brophy, Sherrie Levine, Simon Linke, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Morris, Peter Nagy, Mike Parr, Robert Rauschenberg, David Salle, Vivienne Shark...
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Exhibition
A History of Happiness
...of the 2002 Melbourne Festival Visual Arts Program.
Exhibiting Artists: Aleks Danko, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Peter Land, Robert Mapplethorpe, Yoko Ono, Robert Owen, Yoshihiro Suda
Curator: Juliana Engberg
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Rewind: Robert Mapplethorpe – ‘Too beautiful for its own good’
Robert Mapplethorpe, Derrick Cross, 1983. Courtesy the artist...
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Publication
Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs 1976-1985
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Product
EDGEWISE: A PICTURE OF COOKIE MUELLER
...of more than 80 interviews with the people who knew her. Along with the text, it includes artwork, unpublished photographs and archival material and photography by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Armstrong, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Hujar and others.A child of suburban 1950s Maryland, she made her name...
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Events
TALK: Guilt, Grace and Robert MapplethorpeA forum discussing Mapplethorpe’s exhibition at ACCA with a panel of speakers including Paul Foss and Beatrice Faust.DATE: 6 March 1986, 8pm TALK: How Much...
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Rewind: Paul Taylor
Robert Mapplethorpe (Portrait of Paul Taylor) silver gelatine photograph, not dated...
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1986
...that were held in 1986 undoubtedly the most public attention was focused on Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs 1976-1985, a selection of work by the American photographer organized by John Buckley. It was the first major survey of Mapplethorpe’s work to be seen...