The Guggenheim Examines Robert Mapplethorpe’s Influence

by SHOWstudio on 25 July 2019

The second part of the year long Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now exhibition opens at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

The second part of the year long Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now exhibition opens at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

He became famous, not to say notorious, in the seventies and eighties for his controversial photography. Now, Robert Mapplethorpe is the subject of a year long exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Part one of the Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now retrospectively explored Mapplethorpe's classic nudes and BDSM portraits of queer underground communities; the second iteration of the exhibition examines his longstanding influence on contemporary art and culture. Six artists in the Guggenheim collection – Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Lyle Ashton Harris, Glenn Ligon, Zanele Muholi, Catherine Opie, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya – show alongside a selection of Mapplethorpe’s arresting self-portraits. Each of the artists present unique explorations of identity through photographic portraiture.

In addition, a curated pick of images by Mapplethorpe, depicting figures such as Patti Smith, Grace Jones, Lawrence Weiner and Lisa Lyon, are also on show.

The exhibition runs from 24 July 2019 - 5 January 2020.

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