Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe
Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

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A look at at the life and work of Robert Mapplethorpe, a world renowned and controversial photographer, who died of AIDS in 1989. It explores his photography, his relationship to the downtown New York art world, and the gay S&M club scene prevalent in the eighties. His infamously explicit pictures of the gay, leather, New York Underground were considered groundbreaking and made him a cause celebre. Mapplethorpe’s portraits, flowers, erotic subject matter and artistic presentation, elevated the photograph to serious art, worthy of exhibition in galleries and museums.
    Released
    9/15/2006
    Runtime
    1h 19min
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    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
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