Contents

1. Front Cover
2. Contents
3. TAKE 1
   1. PREFACE: “Mein Camp”
4. TAKE 2
   1. PENTIMENTO FOR ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
5. TAKE 3
   1. ADVENTURES WITH ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
6. TAKE 4
   1. MAPPLETHORPE AS CULTURAL TERRORIST
7. TAKE 5
   1. POPPING CULTURE, DRUGS, AND SEX THE LEATHERSEX YEARS
8. TAKE 6
   1. POP CULTURE BABIES AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM
9. TAKE 7
   1. MAPPLETHORPE’S SEXUAL AMBIGUITY
10. TAKE 8
    1. SOME WOMEN
11. TAKE 9
    1. GAY ARTISTS AND THE STRAIGHT WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM
12. TAKE 10
    1. FIRST BLUSH: HOLLY SOLOMON DISCOVERS ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
13. TAKE 11
    1. ROBERT OPLETHORPE: STREAKING THE ACADEMY AWARDS
14. TAKE 12
    1. THE MUSE IS A BITCH
15. TAKE 13
    1. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG SUICIDE
16. TAKE 14
    1. MERCHANDISING THE MAGICAL, MYSTICAL MAPPLETHORPE TOUR THAT’S COMING TO TAKE YOU AWAY
17. TAKE 15
    1. BLIND MAN’S BLUFF
18. TAKE 16
    1. WHITE ART, BLACK MEN
19. TAKE 17
    1. MAPPLETHORPE MENTOR: GEORGE DUREAU
20. TAKE 18
    1. 1982: EXCLUSIVE PROPHESY! MAPPLETHORPE ON CENSORSHIP!
21. TAKE 19
    1. 1978: PASOLINI’S LAST PICTURE SHOW
22. TAKE 20
    1. RISKING THE MAPPLETHORPE CURSE
23. TAKE 21
    1. MAPPLECHRIST SUPERSTAR