ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, Tarantula

Gelatin silver printCm 48 x 48Limited edition n.3 di 10Printed on verso “The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe”Original provenance: Alison Jacques Gallery, LondraRobert Mapplethorpe’s distinctive feature is definitelyperfection; a necessary condition for every shot, pursued andachieved in the great variety of subjects, from classically elegantnudes to sensual still lifes, from strong sadomasochistic images to the most tenderportraits.Mapplethorpe transforms the reality that surrounds him into images,in search of a formal rigor that will then find fullfulfilment in the self-portraits and in the series of nudes.“I seek the perfection of form. I do it with portraits, I do itwith flowers. There is no difference from one subject to another”