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Katz, Ryan Linkof, Richard Meyer, and Carol Squiers The legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 –1989) is rich and complicated, triggering controversy, polari- zing critics, and providing inspiration for many artists who followed him. Mapplethorpe, one of the most influential figures of his time, today stands as an example to emerging photographers who continue to experiment with the boundaries and concepts of the beautiful. Mobile App Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs offers a timely and rewarding examination of his oeuvre and influence. Drawing from the extraordinary collection jointly acquired in 2011 by the J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum Highlights of the Collections and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, as well as the From treasures of the ancient world and medieval manuscripts to Renaissance drawings, French Mapplethorpe Archive housed at the Getty Research Institute, the authors were given the unique oppor- furniture, Impressionist paintings, iconic American photographs, and much more, this app gives tunity to explore new resources and present fresh perspectives. The result is a fascinating introduction to you access to 150 of the most beloved objects in the Getty’s collection. Each object is presented Mapplethorpe’s career and legacy, accompanied by a rich selection of illustrations covering the remark- with an image and a brief discussion, and some also include audio commentary and multiple able range of his photographic work. All of these beautifully integrated elements contribute to what prom- views. This multiplatform app brings the Getty’s most extraordinary artworks and the expertise ises to become an essential point of access to Mapplethorpe’s work and practice. of its curators to your fingertips. This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium on view at both the J. Paul Getty Museum and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from March 15 and Features: March 20, respectively, through July 31, 2016; at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal from September • Works by Bernini, Leonardo da Vinci, Gauguin, Hockney, Lange, Man Ray, Michelangelo, 10, 2016, through January 15, 2017; and at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, from October 28, Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir, Stieglitz, Titian, Turner, Warhol, and many others 2017, through February 4, 2018. • Nearly 200 images • Audio commentary on selected works PAUL MARTINEAU is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. • Videos that take you behind the scenes at the Getty Center and Getty Villa and explore BRITT SALVESEN is curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and the Prints the life of J. Paul Getty and Drawings Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Available from the Apple App Store for both iPhone and iPad, Google Play, Amazon Appstore for Android and Nook Apps. Now FREE 158, dynasty. Cave Middle Tang nirvana. he has entered the Buddha after depicting Statue Cover: of the Dunhuang Academy. Dunhuang, China. Photo courtesy Grottoes, Mogao J. Paul Getty Museum 340 pages, 9½ x 12 inches 241 color illustrations ISBN 978-1-60606-469-6, hardcover US $59.95 T [UK £40.00] MARCH PHOTOGRAPHY ® THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM + GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE + GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE + GETTY FOUNDATION 33 Getty Getty Publications Publications “Robert’s archive is a gift for those who seek This captivating book unveils one of the Spring New to comprehend the genesis of his work, finest collections of photography in the world his emotional range, his heightened imagination, Titles 20 and the progressive steps of his evolution.” 16 —Patti Smith Robert Mapplethorpe The Thrill of the Chase The Archive The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum Frances Terpak and Michelle Brunnick Paul Martineau With essays by Patti Smith and Jonathan Weinberg With an essay by Eugenia Parry and an introduction by Weston Naef Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, com- Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. (1921–1987) amassed an extraordinary collection of 26,000 photographs between bining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in 1973 and 1984, recognizing that photography was an undervalued art form on which he might have a pro- history. Mapplethorpe’s artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and ’80s and, found impact as a collector. He was mainly attracted to photographs that stimulated his imagination, and following his death in 1989 from AIDS, informed the political landscape of the 1990s. His photographic his taste ran toward the idiosyncratic—images that surprised him chiefly because he had never seen them works continue to resonate with audiences all over the world. before. Throughout his career, Mapplethorpe preserved studio files and art from every period and vein of In choosing the 147 works reproduced in this volume, Paul Martineau selected masterpieces as well as his production, including student work, jewelry, sculptures, and commercial assignments. The resulting images from obscure sources: daguerreotypes, cartes-de-visite, and stereographs, plus mug shots, medical archive is fascinating and astonishing. With over 400 illustrations, this volume surveys a virtually unknown photographs, and works by unknown makers. The latter category contains some of the most outstand- resource that sheds new light on the artist’s motivations, connections, business acumen, and talent as a ing objects in the collection, demonstrating Wagstaff’s willingness to position unfamiliar images along- curator and collector. side works by established masters as well as underrepresented contemporary artists of the time, including Jo Ann Callis, William Garnett, and Edmund Teske. FRANCES TERPAK is curator of photographs at the Getty Research Institute, where she has built the This book is published to accompany an eponymous exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum photographic and optical devices collections. She is the author of Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in from March 15 to July 31, 2016; at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT, from September 10 to China (Getty Publications, 2011). MICHELLE BRUNNICK is a visual artist and critical theorist. She December 11, 2016; and at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, ME, from February 1 to April 30, 2017. was the Robert Mapplethorpe archive curatorial assistant at the Getty Research Institute. PATTI SMITH is a singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in PAUL MARTINEAU is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007, and she won the National Book Award in 2010 for her memoir Just Kids. JONATHAN WEINBERG is where WESTON NAEF is curator emeritus. EUGENIA PARRY is a former professor of the histories of art a visiting critic at the Yale School of Art and a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design. and photography at Wellesley College. Getty Research Institute J. Paul Getty Museum 240 pages, 9½ x 12 inches 244 pages, 9½ x 11 inches 274 color and 134 b/w illustrations 166 color and 8 b/w illustrations ISBN 978-1-60606-470-2, hardcover ISBN 978-1-60606-467-2, hardcover US $49.95 T [UK £32.50] US $59.95 X [UK £40.00] MARCH MARCH PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY 2 3 Getty Getty Publications Publications An unforgettable account of a world-renowned This incisive volume brings a vibrant set of Spring New artistic treasure located in the heart of China trailblazing postwar painters to brilliant life Titles 20 16 Cave Temples of Dunhuang London Calling Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Kitaj, Auerbach, and Andrews Edited by Neville Agnew, Marcia Reed, and Tevvy Ball Elena Crippa and Catherine Lampert The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, Between the postwar years and the 1980s in Britain, and in particular in London, a number of figurative constitute one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. Preserved in some five hundred caves painters simultaneously reinvented the way in which life is represented in art. Focusing on the depiction of carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert are one thousand years of exquisite wall paintings and the human figure, these artists rendered the frailty and vitality of the human condition. sculpture. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century, Mogao grew into an artistic and spiri- Offering a fresh account of developments that have since characterized postwar British painting, this cata- tual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. logue focuses on Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, R. B. Kitaj, and Leon Kossoff— Among its treasures are 45,000 square meters of murals, more than 2,000 statues, and some 50,000 artists who worked in close proximity as they were developing new forms of realism.