Mapplethorpe
Americannoun
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This gasconade is backed up by the nearby portraits he made of other artists indebted to his influence: Basquiat, Clemente, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
As Smith once again explains, in writing “Just Kids,” she was keeping a promise she made to Robert Mapplethorpe to tell their story.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025
Not just Fred, but her best friend, the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who was felled by Aids in 1989 at the age of 42.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
She writes poetry and finds a soulmate in Robert Mapplethorpe.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
“So Mapplethorpe gave these dudes a kind of noir feel, right? Well, I want to do that with dude-like things. Cray-Cray's shed seems like the most badass dude-cave at the whole school.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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