Mapplethorpe & Frontal Nudity Of Beauty & Desire

Mapplethorpe & Frontal Nudity Of Beauty & Desire

Florence, Italy – Museo del Novecento – Exhibition "Beauty & Desire" of Robert Mapplethorpe

I was shocked when I saw the first photographs of Mapplethorpe's exhibition in Museo del Novecento in Florence, Italy. But then I looked closer... and closer... Now I think it's an absolute Must See, and first of all a Must See for those prude critics of frontal nudity in art (among which are many of artists and even my co-students at the art school!). And here is why ::>>

  • These exhibited photographs allow us to question the role of Christian iconography as a source of inspiration for artists

 

  • The contemporary art is a re-reading of the figurative tradition of Western Europe

  • Christian symbols, poses of saints and apostles will come to mind in new capacities

 

  • The frontal nudity of human bodies lets us question the false moralism of the society (and often of the Church)

 

  • The double life of all humans and all objects is also shown very clearly

 


MUSEO DEL NOVECENTO – Robert Mapplethorpe - "Beauty and desire" – A MUST SEE 

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