"In the run up to HBO's series on Robert Mapplethorpe out in April | It is not so much the photographer, rather the Institutions like the Guggenheim, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and others that have created our unhealthy society. They are those that have profited the most by their exploits with the images of innocent naked children and sold them in sets of 10 signed prints and even postcards, now regarded as works of Fine Art? Of course we can all put our heads in the sand and just ignore the whole horrid ordeal but I choose to do differently. The Establishment have certainly found their Market for the appetite of the perverse; all those more than willing to part with their cash and pay for the privilege of owning an abused Mapplethorpe child nude, perhaps just to display either on their walls or to be kept in their vaults. In the 1976, 1983 and 1988 the photographer took a series of private snapshots of naked children from the homes of the rich and famous. This was intentional as he explored the ideas of taboo sexual exploits. It is one thing to photograph consensual adults in leather and chains or in distorted torturous poses and in explicit sexual positions but quite another when it comes to stealing the playful naivety of children in the name of heinous fantasy Art. Some things are worth protecting and childhood innocence is most definitely one of them."
Comment by Joe Pollitt
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| Image by Joe Pollitt |
Fine Art
Photography
Robert
Mapplethorpe, Child Protection
By Joe
Pollitt
Material: C-21 Prints on Aluminum
Size: 40 x 50cm (16 x 20in)
Date: March, 2016
Limited Edition 10
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| 1976 | Rosie |
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| 1976 | Jessie McBride |
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| 1976 | Honey |
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| 1983 | Melia Marden |
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| 1983 | Melia Marden |
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| 1988 | Eva Amurri |
Bravo, Joe!
ReplyDeletei love them Joe :)
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ReplyDeleteCheers Luke. Here we can see who Mapplethorpe is working for - http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-kids/elijah-wood-hollywood-in-grip-of-child-abuse-scandal/news-story/0d8a0043e083e4580f71be43c1b40055 - This has to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Who on earth would want to be regarded as a Modern Artist today. Not me matey - I want to reject the Art World completely and be regarded as a Modern African Artist from now on.
ReplyDeleteWhen encountering with Reptiles it is highly likely there will be some kind of sexual friction, be it negative or positive. Of all the different species, the Reptile seems to be, how should we put it? The most "promiscuous". There have been numerous instances of both males and females being sexually assaulted by these beings. The Reptiles seem to take great pleasure in the emotional and physical trauma inflicted on their victims. At the same time we have some positive liaisons with these beings where the normal sensations and emotions during intercourse are amplified but at the same time absorbed / taken by the Reptilian being. The same way with the sexual assaults except those emotions were negative.
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