http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mapplethorpe Posts tagged with 'mapplethorpe' at MetaFilter. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:31:05 -0800 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:31:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/65903/The%2Danxiety%2Dof%2Dinfluence <a href="http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/37644/">Sibling rivalry.</a> Meet <a href="http://edwardmapplethorpe.com/">Edward Mapplethorpe, photographer</a>. Yes, he's related to <a href="http://www.mapplethorpe.org/index.html">the other one</a>. They're brothers -- which has actually <a href="http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/37644/">made things harder for Edward </a> than you might think. In his <a href="http://www.foleygallery.com/exhibitions/exhibitions_cur.php3">latest show</a>, just wrapping up at NYC's Foley Gallery, Edward does amazing work using darkroom techniques alone: <a href="http://chelseaartgalleries.com/Foley+Gallery/Edward+Mapplethorpe_3A+New+Works+on+Paper.html">"The exhibition is composed of unique works solely created in the darkroom without the use of traditional cameras." </a> (<a href="http://www.foleygallery.com/exhibitions/e30/32b.jpg">This one</a> is my fave from the current show; of his <a href="http://home.nextra.cz/~mikrez/art/mapplethorpe/mapplethorpe_index.html">earlier work</a>, I particularly like <a href="http://home.nextra.cz/~mikrez/art/mapplethorpe/art_img/09_72dpi.jpg">this one</a> and <a href="http://home.nextra.cz/~mikrez/art/mapplethorpe/art_img/02_72dpi.jpg">this one</a> [nsfw].) tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.65903 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:31:05 -0800 art edwardmapplethorpe family mapplethorpe photo photography GrammarMoses http://www.metafilter.com/22572/Images%2DReputations%2Dand%2DSounds%2Dof%2DPatti%2DSmith <a href="http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/pattipics/htm/gallery1.htm">Is It Better To Look Marvellous Than To Sound Marvellous?</a> Like The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop and (controversially) David Bowie, <a href="http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=1104">Patti Smith</a>, specially when photographed by <a href="http://www.mapplethorpe.org/">Robert Mapplethorpe</a>, looked way cooler than she sounded, imho. What other rock legends were more beautiful than the music they made? And, conversely, which artists' music was better than the image they projected? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.22572 Mon, 30 Dec 2002 00:54:08 -0800 image mapplethorpe pattismith punk reputation robertmapplethorpe rock MiguelCardoso