Robert Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial (1990): Selected Links and Bibliography, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mapplethorpelinks.html.
Robert Mapplethorpe’s artwork had controversy after his death because the arts center where his work was hung was charged of misdemeanor and minors in pornography for his work. The verdict was not guilty and showed truth on the first amendment. This was a year after his death and borought controversy to his work.
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