Robert Mapplethorpe

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Robert Mapplethorpe

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.

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