For your chance to win 1 of 3 double passes to Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium, simply share your best Mapplethorpe-inspired photos* on Instagram by tagging #MapplethorpeAGNSW and @acp.photo
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Robert Mapplethorpe pursued a unique form of visual perfection that made him one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. Whether he was photographing a figure, a fetish or a flower, Mapplethorpe’s unflinching quest for beauty has attained enduring artistic and political resonance.
A comprehensive survey of Mapplethorpe’s career, this exhibition features over 200 works from still lifes to portraits and figure studies that chart his involvement in New York’s gay scene.
Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium
27 Oct 2017 – 4 March 2018
Art Gallery of NSW
This exhibition is organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and J Paul Getty Museum, in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and the Art Gallery of NSW.
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Exhibition view ‘Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Oct 2017 – 18 Feb 2018.
All artworks © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission. Photo: AGNSW.
This exhibition is organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and J Paul Getty Museum, in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and the Art Gallery of NSW.
* Entries must follow Instagram community guidelines. Entry deadline 10/10/2017.