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Xavier Hufkens

Robert Mapplethorpe

Scott (Jockstrap), 1978

silver gelatin print
16 x 20 cm, 6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.

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Scott, NYC, 1978, is bound by jockstraps, the profile of his face entirely covered by a filthy pouch. The resolve of his pose infers that wearing these garments in this way is pretty much his ideal.


Permanent Collections

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York

Exhibitions

  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Selected by Robert Wilson / Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ Portfolios. Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany, March 14 - May 9, 2020
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: Choreography for an Exhibition. MADRE, Naples, Italy, December 14, 2018 - April 22, 2019
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, and J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, March 20 - July 31, 2016. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada (2016 - 2017); Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2017); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2017 - 2018)
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Grand Palais, Paris, France, March 26 - July 13, 2014. Traveled to: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (2015)
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Curated by Toshio Shimizu. Tokyo Teien Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 2 - July 2, 1992; Traveled to: ATM Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, Japan (1992); Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan (1993); Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (1993); Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan (1993)

Publications

  • Andrew Sullivan. New York: Phaidon, 2020. Monograph
  • Queer Holdings: A Survey of the Leslie-Lohman Museum Collection. Edited by Gonzalo Casals and Noam Parness. Hirmer Publishers, 2019. Collection Catalogue
  • Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image 1844-2018. Edited by Walead Beshty. Arles, France: LUMA / CCS Bard, 2018. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs. Edited by Paul Martineau and Britt Salvesen. Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Mapplethorpe + Munch. Edited by Richard Meyer and Jon-Ove Steihaug. Oslo, Norway: Munch Museum, 2016. Exhibition Catalogue.
  • Robert Mapplethorpe: On the Edge. Edited by Erlend G. Høyersten. Aarhus, Denmark: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2016. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Jerome Neutres. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, 2014. Exhibition Catalogue.
  • Immagini inquietanti. Edited by Germano Celant. Milan, Italy: Palazzo della Triennale, 2011. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Seduced: Art & Sex from Antiquity to Now. Edited by Marina Wallace, Martin Kemp, and Joanne Bernstein. London, England: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2007. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Tra Antico e Moderno, un antologia. Edited by Germano Celant. Florence, Italy: Artificio Skira, 2005. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Pictures. Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Dimitri Levas. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. Monograph
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Sala Parpalló. Valéncia, Spain: Centre Cultural la Beneficència, 1999. Exhibition Catalogue.
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Hiroaki Hayakawa. Japan: Art Life, Ltd., 1996. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe 1992-1993. Edited by Asahi Shimbun. Tokyo, Japan: Art Tower Mito, 1992. Exhibition Catalogue
  • Robert Mapplethorpe. Edited by Patti Smith. New York: Bellport Press, 1987. Monograph