Clothing shows us the flirtation and play in their love. Jack Walls, 1982, is of Walls, from behind, in military uniform. “I found it at a military store,” said Walls. “I just thought it would look good in a picture.” In the image, Walls plays dress up. In everyday life, his clothing was mostly from thrift stores. “I would buy most of my clothing from Goodwill stores, pretty much everything I wore was second hand.”

Permanent Collections

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Exhibitions

• Robert Mapplethorpe. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, January 18 - March 2, 2019
• Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, and J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, March 20 - July 31, 2016. Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada (2016 - 2017); Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2017); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2017 - 2018)
• Robert Mapplethorpe. Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy, June 4 - July 26, 2013

Publications

• Black Book. Edited by Ntozake Shange. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1986. Monograph