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Accademia Gallery, Florence, May - September 2009 - Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition
Twenty years of from his death, this year the Galleria dell'Accademia sees gathered together 91 photographic images by Robert Mapplethorpe, juxtaposed with and compared to some of the most iconic Renaissance pieces in the world; the studied poses shown in Mapplethorpe's work can easily be seen to reference Michelangelo's David and other Florentine masterpieces.
'My work is about order' said Mapplethorpe, going on to add 'I am looking for perfection in form'. Hence the title of this exhibition - Robert Mapplethorpe, La 'Perfezione nella Forma'.
The photographs on display are spread across five sections, four in the main exhibition area and another in different part of the gallery. The 91 pieces are joined by additional works by Michelangelo, and the exhibition is rounded out with pieces by some of Mapplethorpe's contemporaries, ones seen to be referenced in his own work, such as Brice Marden, Man Ray, Ettore Spalletti and Andy Warhol.
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