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In her biography: Mapplethorpe, Patricia Morrisroe comments extensively on Man in Polyester Suit.
"Robert Mapplethorpe found "god" in a gay bar called Sneakers one drizzly September evening in 1980 after leaving Keller's [a former S& M bar that was now a gathering place for men interested in biracial sex]."
Robert saw Milton Moore pacing up and down West Street, and was instantly transfixed by his beautiful face and forlorn stare. Mapplethorpe invited Moore to his apartment. Upon learning of his ambition to become a model, Mapplethorpe agreed to create a portfolio.
Mapplethorpe's motives were mixed -- he was smitten. Morrisroe continues:
"Mapplethorpe's love / obsession for Moore reached its fullest expression in the photograph some consider his masterpiece -- Man in Polyester Suit. . . He cropped the photograph at Moore's neck according to his agreement [with Moore], but by isolating the genitals he seemed to to be pandering to the notion that blacks existed only as sex objects."
In her biography: Mapplethorpe, Patricia Morrisroe comments extensively on Man in Polyester Suit.
"Robert Mapplethorpe found "god" in a gay bar called Sneakers one drizzly September evening in 1980 after leaving Keller's [a former S& M bar that was now a gathering place for men interested in biracial sex]."
Robert saw Milton Moore pacing up and down West Street, and was instantly transfixed by his beautiful face and forlorn stare. Mapplethorpe invited Moore to his apartment. Upon learning of his ambition to become a model, Mapplethorpe agreed to create a portfolio.
Mapplethorpe's motives were mixed -- he was smitten. Morrisroe continues:
"Mapplethorpe's love / obsession for Moore reached its fullest expression in the photograph some consider his masterpiece -- Man in Polyester Suit. . . He cropped the photograph at Moore's neck according to his agreement [with Moore], but by isolating the genitals he seemed to to be pandering to the notion that blacks existed only as sex objects."
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