His canvases absorb influences from a disparate and
evolving roster of artists, as well as writers, filmmakers and musicians to whom the artist looks for inspiration, and this casual porosity is likewise reflected in the formalities of his method.
Under the leadership
of Mary Ellen Goeke, Executive Director
of FotoFocus; Raphaela Platow, Director
of Contemporary Arts Center; and curated by Kevin Moore, Artistic Director
of FotoFocus, the program will include an international
roster of curators, critics,
artists, and art world professionals who will meet for a two - day event on October 23 and 24, 2015, at the CAC, to discuss the significance and implications
of the exhibition and Mapplethorpe's career and legacy as these have
evolved over the past 25 years.
Repeat visitors are rewarded with new experiences and perspectives, from the
evolving work and ever - changing
roster of artists, to the explosion
of wildflowers in the spring and the raptor migration in the fall.