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Robert Mapplethorpe: Edge of Desire

Thrilling

Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs of sex and desire--currently on show at two LA retrospectives--remain thrilling and transgressive 27 years after his death.

Tim Teeman

Senior Editor and Writer

Published Jun. 22 2016 2:19PM EDT

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160703-teeman-mapplethorpe-gall-tease_zjkvy2 — Ropbert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160622-teeman-mapplethorpe_m3svzl — Two Man Dancing, 1984.
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe1_uufucm — Ken Moody, 1983.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe2_cposd5 — Joe, N.Y.C., 1978
Ropbert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe3_lhc0do — Phillip Prioleau, 1982

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe4_ufgpyq — Poppy, 1988
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe5_xbgrcn — Derrick Cross, 1983.

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe6_kiuihd — Phillip Prioleau, 1980.
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe7_n9wqi1 — Self-Portrait, 1980.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe8_wuanno — Ken and Lydia and Tyler, 1985.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe9_rc10bm — Thomas, 1987.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe10_m1qr6i — Candy Darling, 1972.
Robert Mapplethorpe Fountdation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe11_ev6yoc — Calla Lily, 1988.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe12_ebj5ul — Patrice, N.Y.C., 1977.
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe13_llvbbz — Identical self-portraits with trip cable in hand, 1974.
The J. Paul Getty Museum

galleries/2016/06/22/robert-mapplethorpe/160617-teeman-mapplethorpe14_rkeieg — Self-Portrait, 1988.

Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Tim Teeman

Tim Teeman

Senior Editor and Writer

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