Robert Mapplethorpe - A Season in Hell
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 -
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Alison Jacques, 16 Berners Street, Oxford Street, W1T 3LN
Exhibitions: , Art, Photography, Gallery
How Much:
Free!
Work across a range of media - including collage and photography - by the great Robert Mapplethorpe goe son show this winter at Alison Jacques.
The importance of religion is a recurring theme.
Until 21.11.09.
The importance of religion is a recurring theme.
Until 21.11.09.
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Comments
claireflan
Monday, 19 October
Comment on the preview night:
Hype works. Even though we know it denotes falsely generated excitement, we are too afraid to ignore it - in case we do miss out.
I wasn't sure why this exhibition was a 'timely reappraisal' of Mapplethorpe's work. Frieze, I imagined, had something to do with it. Mapplethorp's a big name. Another artist extinguished before his post-prime. Patti Smith, life long friend and devotee to Robert, set the record straight. Season in Hell's preview night was the 20th anniversary of Robert's death and the birthday of their hero and author of the poem 'Season in Hell' Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud was Patti's first boyfriend. Robert was her second. She told us this before launching into her set on the steps outside Alison Jacques. Word had got out that Patti was playing at the preview and the gallery was crowded. My pen and pad remained in bag as the photos in the exhibition could only be glimpsed when someone moved out of the way momentarily. And that's when reviewing Robert Mapplethorpe turns into an audience with Patti. And she did good. Some bum notes, forgotten chords and words. But as Patti said, that's why we love her. Her acapello of 'Because the night' was great, epitomising her appeal. She's natural and spontaneous, soulful in a hippie way and has a voice that seems to get better and better with age. We defintely didn't miss out on Patti. We will have to go back though to see Robert's heavily stylized, frozen and framed photos properly. See what the hype is all about.
Hype works. Even though we know it denotes falsely generated excitement, we are too afraid to ignore it - in case we do miss out.
I wasn't sure why this exhibition was a 'timely reappraisal' of Mapplethorpe's work. Frieze, I imagined, had something to do with it. Mapplethorp's a big name. Another artist extinguished before his post-prime. Patti Smith, life long friend and devotee to Robert, set the record straight. Season in Hell's preview night was the 20th anniversary of Robert's death and the birthday of their hero and author of the poem 'Season in Hell' Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud was Patti's first boyfriend. Robert was her second. She told us this before launching into her set on the steps outside Alison Jacques. Word had got out that Patti was playing at the preview and the gallery was crowded. My pen and pad remained in bag as the photos in the exhibition could only be glimpsed when someone moved out of the way momentarily. And that's when reviewing Robert Mapplethorpe turns into an audience with Patti. And she did good. Some bum notes, forgotten chords and words. But as Patti said, that's why we love her. Her acapello of 'Because the night' was great, epitomising her appeal. She's natural and spontaneous, soulful in a hippie way and has a voice that seems to get better and better with age. We defintely didn't miss out on Patti. We will have to go back though to see Robert's heavily stylized, frozen and framed photos properly. See what the hype is all about.
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