Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ Portfolios
14 March-18 April 2020
www.galeriethomasschulte.de
Created between 1978 and 1981, the three portfolios contain 13 photographs each: X features imagery from New York´s homosexual S&M scene; Y floral still lifes; and Z nude portraits of black men.This is the second time the complete suits have been shown together in Germany since 1997.
The gallery is also presenting a large group of Mapplethorpe´s prints selected by another artist of the gallery, avant-garde theatre director and designer Robert Wilson. The exhibitions will be on view 14 March through 18 April with two special film screenings of the documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016) at the gallery the day after the opening and during Berlin Fetish week.
Image credits: Robert Mapplethorpe, 1.Calla Lilies, 1985, 2.Robert Wilson, 1981, 3.Scott, NYC, 1978. All works: Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Schulte , Berlin, © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission