Marty Gibson

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Marty Gibson

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Robert Mapplethorpe

American Photographer · 1946–1989

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A key figure in late 20th-century photography, Mapplethorpe created work with a distinctive tension between opposites: sacred and profane, mainstream and underground, light and dark. From his early Polaroid portraits, to his fashion photography and later controversial work, Mapplethorpe's photographs are well-ordered and emotionally restrained, with dangerously chaotic and sensuous elements below.

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Date
1982
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
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View of a nude black male's anus and underside of his genitals as he lies on a cushion and pulls his legs up with both arms underneath his thighs. Each leg is positioned mid-air in opposite directions with the bottoms of both feet visible.

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