See It Now: Is Mapplethorpe Passe or As Relevant as Ever?
Robert Mapplethorpe’s time has passed.
That, at least, is the opinion expressed by critic Arthur Lubow recently in The New York Times.
“Thirty years after Robert Mapplethorpe’s death, the legend still obscures the photographs,” wrote Lubow. “His demise at 42 from AIDS, during the height of the American epidemic, …
