CultureRobert Mapplethorpe: Edge of DesireThrillingRobert Mapplethorpe's photographs of sex and desire--currently on show at two LA retrospectives--remain thrilling and transgressive 27 years after his death. Tim TeemanSenior Editor and WriterUpdated Jul. 12, 2017 7:46PM ET / Published Jun. 22, 2016 2:19PM ET Ropbert Mapplethorpe Foundation