Program No. 61: Robert Mapplethorpe

Overview

A look at at the life and work of Robert Mapplethorpe, a world renowned and controversial photographer, who died of AIDS in 1989. It explores his photography, his relationship to the downtown New York art world, and the gay S&M club scene prevalent in the eighties. His infamously explicit pictures of the gay, leather, New York Underground were considered groundbreaking and made him a cause celebre. Mapplethorpe’s portraits, flowers, erotic subject matter and artistic presentation, elevated the photograph to serious art, worthy of exhibition in galleries and museums.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 15, 2006

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Cast

Robert Mapplethorpe

Director

Paul Tschinkel

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt7904138