Robert Mapplethorpe
The latest attempt to domesticate the controversial photographer.
Click here to read a slide-show essay about Robert Mapplethorpe.
(Warning: The slide show contains photographs with graphic representations of male and female nudity and of violence. The images may be disturbing to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised.)
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Lee Siegel is Slate's art critic.
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