| Robert
Mapplethorpe (American, 1946-1989)
1946 Born in Queens, NY
1967 Befriends Patti Smith
1963 - 1970 Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York, B.F.A.
1971 Becomes aquainted with John McKendry, Curator of Prints
and Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1972 Becomes aquainted with Sam Wagstaft
1989 Dies of AIDS, Boston
Selected Exhibitions
2004 Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition: Photographs
and Mannerist Prints, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Germany
2004 Nine Favourites, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
2004 Pictures Pictures, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Eye to Eye: Robert Mapplethorpe selected by Cindy Sherman,
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Robert Mapplethorpe, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Robert Mapplethorpe: Sculptures and hand painted photographs,
asperyjacques, London, England
2002 Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan, "Robert
Mapplethorpe Retrospective"
2002 Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
2002 Flowers, Galerie Stefan Röpke Köln, Germany
2001 Galerie Thaddäus Ropac- Salzburg, Salzburg
2001 Senior & Shopmaker, New York
2001 Stefan Röpke, Cologne
2000 Cheim& Read, New York
2000 Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich
2000 Senior & Shopmaker, New York
2000 Patricia Laligant Photography, New York
2000 Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp
1999 Hamiltons Gallery, London
1999 Andrea Rosen, New York
1999 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
1999 Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
1998 Karen Mc Cready Fine Art, New York
1998 Cheim & Read, New York
1998 Houldsworth Fine Art, London
1998 Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
1997 Konfrontation - Mapplethorpe/Palavrakis, VAU, Berlin, Galerie
Stefan Röpke Köln, Germany
1996 Robert Mapplethorpe Polaroids, Galerie Stefan Röpke
Cologne, Germany
1996 Sex and Crime, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
1995 Faces: 1975-1995, Pelham Arts Center Pelham, NY
1994 Guggenheim Museum New York, NY
1992 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Japan (traveled)
1991 Fashion Photography Since 1945, Victoria and Albert Museum
London, England
1990 The Indomitable Spirit, International Center of Photography,
Midtown NY (catalog, traveled)
1989 150 Years of Photography, National Art Gallery Washington,
DC (catalog, traveled)
1989 Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA (catalog,
traveled)
1988 National Portrait Gallery London, England
1988 Robert Mapplethorpe, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1988 Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art New York,
NY
1988 First Person Singular: Self Portrait Photography, The High
Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center Atlanta, GA
1988 Identity: Representations of the Self, Whitney Museum of
American Art NY
1986 Invitation: La Revue Parkett, Centre Nat'l d'Art & de
Culture Georges Pompidou Paris, France
1985 Self-Portrait: The Photographer's Persona 1840-1985, Museum
of Modern Art NY
1984 The Heroic Figure, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX
1983 Robert Mapplethorpe 1970-1983, Institute of Contemporary
Art London, UK
1983 New Art, Tate Gallery London, England
1982 Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photographs, Metropolitan
Museum of Art New York, NY
1979 People Watching, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1979 International Center of Photography NY
1978 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, DC
1978 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art California
1978 Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
1976 Animals, Holly Solomon Gallery New York
1974 Recent Religious and Ritual Art, Buecker and Harpsichords
New York
1973 Polaroids, Light Gallery New York, NY
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