Review: Robert Mapplethorpe, Alison Jacques Gallery
Francesca Goodwin, Trebuchet
September 2013
Poignant, Touching and Reflective are not usually the words chosen to describe the work or life of Robert Mapplethorpe. Likewise, they are certainly not ones that would be instinctively associated with an exhibition titled Fashion Show. Excess, glamour, notoriety and sado-masochism might be a more considered selection upon reflecting on a life coloured with its associations to drugs, controversially erotic photography, AIDS, Andy Warhol and the Chelsea Hotel. […]