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Robert Mapplethorpe

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

Robert Mapplethorpe Curated By Edward Enninful Thaddaeus Ropac 2 March–6 April 2024 Paris Marais
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For this exhibition of works by American artist Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais, the gallery invites Ghanaian-born British editor Edward Enninful OBE to collaborate with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to present his singular vision of the photographer’s work. Enninful, Global Creative and Cultural Advisor of Vogue, was given carte blanche to explore the full archives of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. In the exhibition, he presents his selection of 46 prints in pairs, forging new dialogues between them and inviting visitors to see even some of Mapplethorpe’s best-known photographs anew. With this unprecedented curatorial approach to the photographer’s work, as Michael Ward Stout, president of the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, says: ‘Edward has made a unique contribution to Mapplethorpe’s legacy’.

About the Artist

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) was an American photographer known for meticulously composed black-and-white images charted new territory in the depiction of the body, desire, and identity. Working with medium- and large-format cameras, Mapplethorpe applied a cool, classical rigour to subjects ranging from floral still lifes and sculptural torsos to explicit scenes drawn from New York‘s gay leather and S&M subculture. His work, poised between formal refinement and transgression, became central to the late-20th-century debates around censorship, public funding, and queer visibility.

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Founded in 1983, Thaddaeus Ropac has galleries across Europe and Asia, located in London, Paris, Salzburg and Seoul.

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7 Rue Debelleyme Fr
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Thaddaeus Ropac contemporary art gallery in Paris Marais France
Thaddaeus Ropac
7 Rue Debelleyme Fr, Paris, France
+33 1 42 72 99 00
https://www.ropac.net

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Tuesday – Saturday,
10am – 7pm
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