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San Jose Museum of Art

January 29 - June 6, 2011

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110 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113
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Portraits Robert Mapplethorpe, "Self-Portrait," 1988. Copyright Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
The San Jose Museum of Art will showcase portraits by American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) in an exhibition opening January 29, 2011. Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits features more than 100 black-and-white photographs by Mapplethorpe. Organized by the Palm Springs Museum of Art, this exhibition is the first comprehensive overview of Mapplethorpe’s portraiture since the artist’s death at the age of 42. It presents a very different side of Mapplethorpe than those familiar with the notorious controversy that surrounded his famous nudes may expect. The exhibition includes portraits of celebrities and influential figures in the arts scene in New York in the late 1970s and 1980s.