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Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibit at Guggenheim Museum #145973648
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Robert Mapplethorpe poses with a prop foreshadowing death, in a self portrait from 1988. It is part of the photographic exhibition `Explicit Tensions:ÃÂ Mapplethorpe Now` at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City on April 23, 2019.ÃÂ Controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe 1946-1989 was a cultural icon and was critically acclaimed for his technical mastery in his work.ÃÂ His daring imagery offended many by crossing social and sexual taboos and led to lively and sometimes heated debate about censorship.ÃÂ ÃÂ Mapplethorpe would die the following year from AIDS.
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