4 ms·

I am afraid to google Mapplethorpe, is it safe for work?

jgrahamc 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe
nxzero 10y ago
Per the American Family Association, Mapplethorpe's art is "nothing more than the sensational presentation of potentially obscene material." So, sure, "not safe for work"... :-)
- ndespres 10y ago
  The American Family Association is a hate group who also believe that gay people are obscene. I wouldn't trust their opinion on what is acceptable.
  - digi_owl 10y ago
    when dealing with NSFW, its their kind in the work place one is worried about...
77pt77 10y ago
Most certainly NO!
akgerber 10y ago
Only a bit of it. I do have a Robert Mappelthorpe t-shirt that is safe-for-work, if a imposing (it's a tightly-cropped self-portrait of eyes), but unfortunately most people don't get why it's funny to wear to work :(
- quickpost 10y ago
  I don't get why it's funny to wear to work either, but would love a brief explanation!
  - tlrobinson 10y ago
    Probably because much of his work is definitely NSFW.
tedmiston 10y ago
I guess it depends where you work. Mapplethorpe is quite controversial, at least 30 years ago, perhaps not today. When his show came to Cincinnati in 1990, the art director was arrested and the Contemporary Arts Center, the museum that brought his exhibit to town, was criminally charged with obscenity for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs. The museum director received many letters requesting he step down from his position, which they kept all of these years and put on display last year in the reunion exhibit. > No museum or director has ever been charged since. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/28/pornography-art-cincinnati-decided-robert-mapplethorpe-trial-25-year/70591342/ http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/28/pornography-... (This article is SFW.)
- DonHopkins 10y ago
  >"The museum director received many letters requesting he step down from his position, which they kept all of these years and put on display last year in the reunion exhibit." I'll bet a lot of those letters aren't safe for work!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mapplethorpe

Per the American Family Association, Mapplethorpe's art is "nothing more than the sensational presentation of potentially obscene material." So, sure, "not safe for work"... :-)

ndespres 10y ago
The American Family Association is a hate group who also believe that gay people are obscene. I wouldn't trust their opinion on what is acceptable.
- digi_owl 10y ago
  when dealing with NSFW, its their kind in the work place one is worried about...

77pt77 10y ago

Most certainly NO!

akgerber 10y ago

Only a bit of it. I do have a Robert Mappelthorpe t-shirt that is safe-for-work, if a imposing (it's a tightly-cropped self-portrait of eyes), but unfortunately most people don't get why it's funny to wear to work :(

quickpost 10y ago
I don't get why it's funny to wear to work either, but would love a brief explanation!
- tlrobinson 10y ago
  Probably because much of his work is definitely NSFW.

tedmiston 10y ago

I guess it depends where you work. Mapplethorpe is quite controversial, at least 30 years ago, perhaps not today. When his show came to Cincinnati in 1990, the art director was arrested and the Contemporary Arts Center, the museum that brought his exhibit to town, was criminally charged with obscenity for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs. The museum director received many letters requesting he step down from his position, which they kept all of these years and put on display last year in the reunion exhibit. > No museum or director has ever been charged since. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/28/pornography-art-cincinnati-decided-robert-mapplethorpe-trial-25-year/70591342/ http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/03/28/pornography-... (This article is SFW.)

DonHopkins 10y ago
>"The museum director received many letters requesting he step down from his position, which they kept all of these years and put on display last year in the reunion exhibit." I'll bet a lot of those letters aren't safe for work!