Scissor Sisters tap into Robert Mapplethorpe’s photography
Laura Allsop, CNN
January 2011
They are a band known for their catchy dance tunes and flamboyant style, but now Scissor Sisters are turning exhibition curators for a show of works by the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The platinum-selling band’s frontman Jake Shears and musician and lyricist Babydaddy were in London to open the exhibition, which is entitled “Nightwork” after their most recent album.
“Somebody asked me the other day, ‘Oh, you know, what was the first Robert Mapplethorpe photograph you ever saw?’ and I was like ‘What was the first Beatles song you ever heard?” said Shears of Mapplethorpe’s influence at Alison Jacques Gallery, where the show is taking place. […]