ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE

 1988 printed in 2005 Gelatin silver print Cm 48 x 48 Limited edition n.3 di 10 Printed on verso “The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe” Original provenance: Alison Jacques Gallery, Londra Robert Mapplethorpe’s distinctive feature is definitely perfection; a necessary condition for every shot, pursued and achieved in the great variety of subjects, from classically elegant nudes to sensual still lifes, from strong sadomasochistic images to the most tender portraits. Mapplethorpe transforms the reality that surrounds him into images, in search of a formal rigor that will then find full fulfilment in the self-portraits and in the series of nudes. “I seek the perfection of form. I do it with portraits, I do it with flowers. There is no difference from one subject to another”