Robert Mapplethorpe: Flowers. - Couverture rigide

Patti Smith; Robert Mapplethorpe

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3829606788 ISBN 13 : 9783829606783

Editeur : Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, 2014

Synopsis

Among the motifs considered to be typically Mapplethorpe--i.e. nudes, portraits, black men, and the New York gay scene--flowers had a firmly-established (albeit less spectacular) position. The first date from the seventies; the last were taken shortly before his death. Design was also dominant here; the perfect, emphatically artifical arrangement. And in the final analysis, he was also concerned with the same subject: stylizing sexuality into a still life. Under Mapplethorpe's gaze, flowers lose their mellifluous-ness and innocent symbolism. They suddenly reveal a perfidious, at times decadent, eloquence. Once again one encounters two things in their utmost perfection: erotic drama and absolute clarity of composition--the celestial poles and quintessence of Mapplethorpe's work. His long-time partner, singer-songwriter Patti Smith, composed a farewell poem for this volume.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Parmi les motifs récurrents chez Robert Mapplethorpe, les fleurs ont toujours occupé une place particulière pour illustrer le thème qui intéressait l'artiste par dessus tout, la sensualité stylisée en nature morte. Réédité à l'occasion de l'exposition rétrospective du photographe à partir du mois de Mai, l'ouvrage s'accompagne d'un texte de Patti Smith.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3829606788
• ISBN 13: 9783829606783
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 140