Robert Mapplethorpe
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Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1946 - 1989
Occupation
Photographer
Notable Achievements
Description
Known for portraiture, and also for explicit photographs of gay men engaged in sex. Died of AIDS. Work has sparked considerable controversy including censorship and obscenity. Gained notoriety when a group of U.S. Congressman were upset at the funding his show received from the National Endowment for the Arts, forcing the Institute for Contemporary Arts to cancel the show - it was subsequently shown at the Washington Project for the Arts to large crowds.
