Today commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the obscenity trial sparked by the artist’s controversial exhibition “The Perfect Moment” at the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati.
To mark the moment, the New Museum in NYC will host a panel discussion on Thursday, November 19, 2015. The Guardian has a piece about Mapplethorpe and the trial, “Whipping up a storm: how Robert Mapplethorpe shocked America”.
Above are some favorites, ‘Self-Portrait’, ‘Patrice, N.Y.C.’, ‘Leather Crotch’ and ‘Untitled (Peter Berlin)’.