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DUSSELDORF.- Robert Mapplethorpe, who was born in
1946 and passed away in 1989, is one of the few artists who truly deserve to be
known far beyond the borders of the art world. Mapplethorpe dominated
photography in the late twentieth century and paved the way for the recognition
of photography as an art form in its own right; he firmly anchored the subject
of homosexuality in mass culture and created a classic photographic image,
mostly of male bodies, which found its way into commercial photography.
On exhibition 6 February through 15 August, 2010.