ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Senior Editor and Writer Of course, all the throbbing penises, phallic flowers, and hot bodies Robert ... of Mapplethorpe’s early years as an artist: the collages ...

The result, “Robert Gets His Nipple Pierced ... as a twenty-second-birthday gift: a collage, incorporating Croland’s head shot, hand-tinted by Mapplethorpe, and his modelling card.

Artist Robert Mapplethorpe was as controversial as he ... So are Mapplethorpe's art school ink drawings, his collages, paper dolls and jewelry he fashioned out of scavenged objects.

For someone as in love with the human face as Robert Mapplethorpe, choosing to photograph a fully ... But the work speaks for itself, from the collages at LACMA that sneak in erotic images culled from ...

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The collaborative exhibitions, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium ... it showcases Mapplethorpe’s non-photographic works, including collages, jewelry design, and fashion pieces, unveiling ...

From gay-porn collages saturated with color ... you could make the case that an icon of decadence is exactly what Robert Mapplethorpe was. But the movie dares to ask: what’s wrong with that?

“Robert was interested in jewelry ... Hopefully now is a good time to wear a flag.” And a Mapplethorpe collage inspired the Triptych Heart necklace, a triple-heart design set with black ...

In mid-’80s Manhattan, at a show of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs and collages, I followed a slightly stooping, elderly lady into the packed gallery. This was Mapplethorpe in excelsis, surfing the ...

The show gathers works from the mid-1970s to the present, including some of the ceramic shard collages for which he is best known. Also included will be more recent works, such as his “Goat ...

Robert Mapplethorpe's Provocative Art Finds A New ... So are Mapplethorpe's art school ink drawings, his collages, paper dolls and jewelry he fashioned out of scavenged objects.