MAPPLETHORPE FLORA

Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the most important artists of the 20th century, known for his innovative and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and began taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera in 1970. From 1973 until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a variety of photographic media. processes: from Polaroids to dye-transfer colour work.