A Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen and oysters topped with Monster Munch
Hero Magazine
15 December 2023
To celebrate 24 years of collaboration between Alison Jacques and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, the London-based gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of Mapplethrope’s work. A prolific figure within 20th-century photography and a prominent face on the Lower East Side’s infamous 70s art scene, Mapplethorpe’s inimitable style is placed at the fore within Subject Object Image, which spans 20 years of life and work. Approaching his subjects with an unapologetic intention of exploration, Mapplethorpe’s body of work traverses the uptown glamour, of Manhattan, the disco-fuelled hedonism of Studio 54 and the underground world BDSM subculture. […]