Ending SoonARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois | Helen Chadwick | Robert Mapplethorpe
Until May 31
Bourgeois's giant Spider, Chadwick's light boxes and Mapplethorpe's self-portraits — three icons of modern art
Robert Mapplethorpe
American · 1946–1989
Contemporary Art
American photographer who applied the formal precision and compositional rigour of classical sculpture to photographs of male nudes, flower still lifes, and celebrity portraiture. His frank imagery of gay sexuality and Black male subjects generated significant controversy, including a landmark obscenity trial, while securing his place in the history of American photography.