{"id":16286,"date":"2025-10-24T13:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/?post_type=mostre-ed-eventi&#038;p=16286"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:46:35","slug":"robert-mapplethorpe-le-forme-del-desiderio","status":"publish","type":"mostre-ed-eventi","link":"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/robert-mapplethorpe-le-forme-del-desiderio\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mapplethorpe. 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Le forme del desiderio<\/i><\/b>\u00a0represents the second chapter of a broader trilogy that began in Venice at Le Stanze della Fotografia and will continue in Rome. Each exhibition explores a different aspect of Mapplethorpe\u2019s life and work through a dedicated path of study and research.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn Milan, the focus is on his aesthetic exploration: his sensual nudes, distinguished by formal perfection and an Olympian Greek mimesis in which musculature and physical tension are exalted: the body, sculpted through his masterful use of light and contrast, becomes the means through which his artistic investigation reaches sublimation.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe exhibition is accompanied by a podcast &#8211; available from 21 October on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms &#8211;\u00a0<i>Mapplethorpe Unframed<\/i>, written and hosted by Nicolas Ballario, and by a catalogue published by Marsilio Arte, exploring the artist\u2019s body of work and the evolution of his visual language through 257 photographs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":16254,"template":"single-mostre-ed-eventi-plus.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16286","mostre-ed-eventi","type-mostre-ed-eventi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robert Mapplethorpe. 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