Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archives

$60.00 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Robert Mapplethorpe: The Archives surveys a virtually unknown resource that sheds new light on artist Robert Mapplethorpe's motivations, connections, business acumen, and talent as a curator and collector. Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, combining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in history. Mapplethorpe’s artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and…