Robert Mapplethorpe: Edge of Desire
<p>Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs of sex and desire--currently on show at two LA retrospectives--remain thrilling and transgressive 27 years after his death.</p>
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Two Man Dancing, 1984.
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Ken Moody, 1983.
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Joe, N.Y.C., 1978
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Phillip Prioleau, 1982
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Poppy, 1988
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Derrick Cross, 1983.
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Phillip Prioleau, 1980.
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Self-Portrait, 1980.
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Ken and Lydia and Tyler, 1985.
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Thomas, 1987.
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Candy Darling, 1972.
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Calla Lily, 1988.
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Patrice, N.Y.C., 1977.
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Identical self-portraits with trip cable in hand, 1974.
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Self-Portrait, 1988.
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