Robert Mapplethorpe “As Above, So Below” at OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles

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The guest list at the opening for “As Above, So Below,” an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe’s work at OHWOW Gallery in Los Angeles included a mix of hotshot photographers, major Hollywood names, and LA cool kids. The after-party, which took place at the legendary Chateau Marmont, was more of the same.

“Based on theoretical concepts of achieving visual equity and superceding artifice through method,” the exhibition presents more than 40 of Mapplethorpe’s images, including including silver gelatin prints and Polaroids, many of which have never been displayed before.

Anastasia Lenglet, Christopher  Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Anastasia Lenglet, Christopher Wolf
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Annie Leibovitz Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Annie Leibovitz
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Bruce Weber, Howard Rosenman Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Bruce Weber, Howard Rosenman
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Cecile Panzieri,  Yasmine Rahimzadeh, Monica Eulitz, Stewart Shining Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Cecile Panzieri, Yasmine Rahimzadeh, Monica Eulitz, Stewart Shining
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Chrissie Miller, Lesley Arfin, Derek Blasberg, Sarah Howard Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Chrissie Miller, Lesley Arfin, Derek Blasberg, Sarah Howard
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Danielle Levitt, Lesley Arfin Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Danielle Levitt, Lesley Arfin
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Jared Leto, Al Moran Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Jared Leto, Al Moran
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Jeffe Steeper, Karen Mulligan Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Jeffe Steeper, Karen Mulligan
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Jhordan Dahl, David Morehouse, Bettina Korek Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Jhordan Dahl, David Morehouse, Bettina Korek
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Jonas Wood, Mia Romanik Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Jonas Wood, Mia Romanik
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Kesh, Renata Raksha Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Kesh, Renata Raksha
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Michael Chow Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Michael Chow
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Terry Richardson, Kim Gordon Photo - Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com

Terry Richardson, Kim Gordon
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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW featuring works by ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE at OHWOW Gallery, Afterparty at Chateau Marmont
©Patrick McMullan
Friday, February 28, 2014
Photo – Clint Spaulding/PatrickMcMullan.com


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