Robert Mapplethorpe
Ken Moody is photographed in Mapplethorpe’s studio with photographic backdrop material to allow absolute focus on the figure in the foreground. Moody's eyes are closed, indicating that this work is more closely related to Mapplethorpe’s body studies rather than one of his portraits. Moody was a close friend of Mapplethorpe and appears as a model in many of his.
photographs
Provenance
The ArtistThe Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York
Exhibitions
Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures. Fundação Serralves, Porto, Portugal, September 20, 2018 - January 6, 2019.
Robert Mapplethorpe. NRW-Forum Kultur Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany, February 6 - August 15, 2010. Traveled to: C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2011); Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden (2011); Forma Foundation for Photography, Milan, Italy (2011); Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (2012).
Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by Richard D. Marshall, Noriko Fuku, and Hiroaki Hayakawa. Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. Traveled to: Takashimaya “Grand Hall,” Osaka, Japan; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukishima, Japan; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa, Japan; Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan; Marugame Genichiro- Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan (1996-1997).
Publications
Mapplethorpe and Dureau. New Orleans, LA: Arthur Roger Gallery, 2018. Exhibition Catalogue.
Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures. Essays by Susan Sontag and Jonathan K. Nelson. Porto, Portugal: Serralves Foundation, 2018. Exhibition Catalogue.
Perfect Lovers: Art in the Time of AIDS. Barcelona: Fundació Suñol, 2015. Exhibition Catalogue.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Alessandra Mauro and Alessia Tagliaventi. Milan, Italy: Contrasto, 2011. Exhibition Catalogue.
Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs. Edited by Felix Hoffman and Martin Jaeggi. Germany: C/O Berlin, 2010. Exhibition Catalogue.
Unter fernam griechischen Himmel: Klassik und Klassizismus. Edited by Andrejs Petrowski. Leipzig: Ernst Klett Schulbuchverlage, 2006.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Hiroaki Hayakawa. Japan: Art Life, Ltd., 1996. Exhibition Catalogue.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Ikuroh Takano. Tokyo, Japan: Parco, 1987. Monograph.
zZAxBlack Book. Edited by Ntozake Shange. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1986. Monograph.