Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Robert Mapplethorpe


Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, 1980
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/portfolios/female-nudes/


from The Mapplethorpe Foundation


Similar to Dijkstra, Mapplethorpe uses the body and individual but seen as an object of desire rather than classification of a group. Yes, this group of images is specifically female but it does not describe a particular group of women. The subject matter or body focuses more on form rather than content or meaning surrounding the figure. 

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