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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Robert Mapplethorpe - 15 May 2009 to 20 June 2009 Current Exhibition |
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, 1979 3/10
Gelatin Silver Print, 51 x 41 cm � Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation |
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Robert Mapplethorpe 14.05.2009 | 20.06.2009 Galeria Fortes Vila�a [scroll down for English] A Fortes Vila�a tem o prazer de apresentar a segunda exposi��o individual do artista norte americano Robert Mapplethorpe na galeria. As trinta e tr�s fotografias - todas em preto e branco e realizadas entre 1979 e 1989 - exploram as aproxima��es formais entre duas conhecidas vertentes da produ��o de Mapplethorpe: fotos de corpos nus e de flores. As obras s�o penduradas lado a lado, intercalando os dois g�neros fotogr�ficos. As curvas da fisiculturista e performer Lisa Lyon, personagem constantemente retratado por Mapplethorpe, se refletem na fotografia de um copo de leite; um torso masculino musculoso clicado de costas, de bra�os e pernas abertos, se assemelha a uma complexa orqu�dea vista de cima. O retrato da cantora Patti Smith envolta em uma cortina branca, tem texturas e formas quase iguais �s do copo de leite colocado ao seu lado. As fotografias se afastam de um apelo sexual expl�cito, mostrando de forma sutil o que alguns cr�ticos apontam: o fato de que �Mapplethorpe nunca conseguiu definir a diferen�a entre flores e genitais�. O artista era obsessivo por composi��es perfeitas, equilibradas e sim�tricas. A combina��o de uma luz de est�dio fria, um foco preciso e um balan�o entre as sombras, d� �s fotos contrastes dram�ticos. Atrav�s do enquadrando fotogr�fico, Mapplethorpe fragmentava o objeto fotografado, transformando corpos humanos e flores em formas escult�ricas. Perfection in Form, uma das maiores exposi��es p�stumas j� realizadas sobre a obra do artista, inaugura em 26 de maio na Galeria da Academia de Belas Artes de Floren�a, It�lia. Assim como a mostra na Galeria Fortes Vila�a, esta exposi��o tamb�m explora a rela��o entre as fotografias de Mapplethorpe e formas escult�ricas. Em Floren�a, 91 fotografias dividem o espa�o com esculturas renascentistas do acervo da institui��o, que conta com o c�lebre David de Michelangelo. Estabelecendo-se assim um di�logo f�rtil entre duas linguagens diferentes e entre produ��es art�sticas realizadas em tempos e culturas distantes. Atualmente, a obra de Robert Mapplethorpe � reconhecida e aclamada mundialmente. Em 1987 ele criou nos EUA a Funda��o que carrega seu nome, com o intuito de promover a fotografia, ajudar museus a exibirem obras fotogr�ficas e angariar fundos para pesquisa e luta contra a AIDS. Desde sua morte 1989, sua obra � tema de diversas exposi��es retrospectivas ao redor do mundo, incluindo Centre Georges Pompidou, em Paris, Museu Stedelijk, em Amsterdam, Whitney Museum of American Art e Guggenheim Museum, em Nova York. [English] Fortes Vila�a is pleased to present the second solo show of North American artist Robert Mapplethorpe at its gallery. The thirty-three photographs � all in black-and-white and taken between 1979 and 1989 � explore the formal approximations between two strands in Mapplethorpe�s production: photos of nudes and of flowers. The artworks are hung side by side, interspersing these two photographic genres. The curves of bodybuilder and performer Lisa Lyon, a character constantly portrayed by Mapplethorpe, are reflected in a photograph of a calla lily; a muscular male torso taken from behind, arms and legs splayed, resembles a complex orchid seem from above. The textures and forms in a portrait of singer Patti Smith wrapped up in a white curtain are nearly the same as those in the photograph of a calla lily hung at its side. Rather than evincing explicit sexual appeal, the photographs are evocative of what some critics have affirmed: the fact that �Mapplethorpe has never managed to define the difference between flowers and genitals.� The artist was obsessive about perfect, balanced and symmetric compositions. A cold studio light coupled with a precise focus and balance among the shadows yields dramatic contrasts. Through photographic framing, Mapplethorpe fragmented the photographed object, transforming human bodies and flowers into sculptural forms. Perfection in Form, one of the largest posthumous exhibitions ever held featuring the artist�s work, opens on May 26 at the Galleria dell�Accademia of Florence, Italy. Like the show at Galeria Fortes Vila�a, that exhibition also explores the relation between Mapplethorpe�s photographs and forms found in sculpture. In Florence, ninety-one photographs are shown alongside Renaissance sculptures from the institution�s collection, which include Michelangelo�s celebrated David, thus establishing a fertile dialogue between two different artistic languages, and between distant times and cultures. Robert Mapplethorpe�s artwork is currently recognized and acclaimed worldwide. In 1987, in the US, he created the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, aimed at promoting photography, helping museums to show photographic works, and raising funds for research and combat of AIDS. Since his death in 1989, his work has been the theme of various retrospective exhibitions around the world, including at Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris, Museu Stedelijk, in Amsterdam, and Whitney Museum of American Art and Guggenheim Museum, in New York. |
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