Nightwork

As any followers will know one of my favourite photographers is Robbert Mapplethorpe. Two years ago I was introduced to his work at Frieze Art Fair and then went to see an exhibition "A Season in Hell" at the Alison Jaques Gallery.
  Therefore I was really excited to here that there would be another exhibition of his work this year at the same gallery.
"ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: NIGHT WORK curated by the Scissor Sisters "
is on from the 19th January to the 19th of March and is a group show centred and influenced by Mapplethorpe with :

MATTHEW BARNEY, TOM BURR, DAN FISCHER, NEIL GALL, PAUL LEE, GLENN LIGON, OSWALDO MACIA, JACK PIERSON, MARC SWANSON, SCOTT TRELEAVEN, BANKS VIOLETTE, AND GILLIAN WEARING.

Mapplethorpe' s work is famously erotic (especially homoerotic) but also political, creative, personal and beautiful always with a twist of the dark, the spiritual or the mysterious. A constant exploration of the beautiful, the ugly and of mortality I find Mapplethorpe's work for me almost perfection. It ticks all the boxes that appeals to human nature; the aesthetically pleasing, the shocking, the real and the raw.
The exhibition is ingeniously curated mixing the timeless with the contemporary and creating a fluid, well fitting viewing for its audience. It really is a must see and the press release is a must read! http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/

Robert Mapplethorpe BONDAGE 1974

Robert Mapplethorpe MILTON MOORE 1980

Oswaldo Macia EQUILIBRIUM (STILL) 2010

Robert Mapplethorpe PETER REED 1980

Robert Mapplethorpe WHITE GAUZE 1984

Scot Treleavan THE BUTTERFLY NET 2010