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Friday, May 16, 2008

Mappelthorpe & Polaroids

When I was in art school I had a dream that I found a suitcase under my bed with all of Robert Mapplethorpe's negatives. I am not sure of the meaning of the dream (Mapplethorpe is not an obvious choice for me), but all Freudian interpretations aside, I like to think it just had to do with owning one's creativity.
Not included in that suitcase were his Polaroids, but they will be exhibited at The Whitney through September 7, 2008.
Karen Rosenberg wrote an article about the show titled "Spontaneity Was the Medium and the Message" that is published in the New York Times today.

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