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Xavier Hufkens is delighted to announce a new exhibition dedicated to the work of the American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989). Comprising some forty prints, the presentation spans every stage of the artist’s working life and includes representative examples of the defining themes within his oeuvre, most notably portraits, self-portraits, flowers, figure studies and bondage tableaux.
Mapplethorpe’s career was as glittering as it was controversial. Feted and vilified in equal measure, he ran a hugely successful commercial studio while also producing some of the most contentious and …