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‘Bodacious!’ A thrilling new take on Robert Mapplethorpe, by ex-Vogue editor Edward Enninful
He shook up the world of fashion. For his next move, the sartorial supremo wants to change how we view the explosively provocative photographer. Edward Enninful reveals all about his first show
The parting cover is a paean to Enninful’s past, and his achievements at the magazine, featuring 40 iconic women he has worked with over the years, from Victoria Beckham to Oprah Winfrey, Dua Lipa and Anok Yai. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London • Paris • Salzburg • SeoulThe pairings echo Mapplethorpe’s fascination with duality and blurring binaries – flipping expectations of gender, high brow and low, beautiful and ugly, classical and subcultural. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London • Paris • Salzburg • SeoulNo less striking is Enninful’s decision to bypass Mapplethorpe’s more extreme sexual imagery, such as the pictures he took at the Mineshaft BDSM club in the 1970s, and those that were published in his controversial XPortfolio.
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