Fifty Gifts for Fifty Years: Sheldon Museum of Art
2013Veneciano, Jorge Daniel (Introduction); Sharon Kennedy, Gregory Nosan, Brandon Ruud
112 pages (color)
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1946 - 1989 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Photographe-nudes, abstraction.
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography.... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand." . His first series of Polaroids were self-portraits and of the singer-artist-poet, Patti Smith. In the mid-seventies, he acquired a large... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand." . His first series of Polaroids were self-portraits and of the singer-artist-poet, Patti Smith. In the mid-seventies, he acquired a large format press camera and began taking photographs of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Th... Read full biography
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Cynthia Greig: Subverting the (un)Conventional
2010
(Exhibition catalog)Goody, Dick71 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesOutlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in 20th Century Art
2002Meyer, Richard376 pagesAmerican Art From the Dicke Collection
1997The Dayton Art Institute264 pages (color)Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996Sandler, Irving636 pages (color)Censorship and the Arts: Law, Controversy, Debate, Facts (Ontario Association of Art Galleries)
1995Cossman, Brenda et al147 pagesHand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive
1994Watson, Scott and Keith Wallace48 pages (color)A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986Chetham, Charles; David Grose312 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)New Art
1984Freeman, Phyllis207 pages (color)Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984Severinghaus, J Walter333 pages (color)Art in the Seventies
1980Lucie-Smith, Edward128 pages (color)Image Bank Post Card Show
1977Acconci, Vito et al49 pages (color)