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11 years, 4 months ago
AT VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: DAVID BOWIE IS
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'Biography' presents a wide selection of works from Elmgreen & Dragset's complex universe, including sculpture, performance and interactive installations. Works from the late 1990s onwards will be shown together with recent projects, ...
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The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie – one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times. David Bowie is will explore the creative processes of Bowie as a musical innovator and cultural icon, tracing his shifting style and sustained reinvention across five decades.

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Album cover shoot for Aladdin Sane, 1973
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The V&A’s Theatre and Performance curators, Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh have selected more than 300 objects that will be brought together for the very first time. They include handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs, Bowie’s own instruments and album artwork.

Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour 1973 Design by Kansai Yamamoto photo vam.ac.uk

Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour 1973
Design by Kansai Yamamoto
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The exhibition will explore the broad range of Bowie’s collaborations with artists and designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theatre, art and film. On display will be more than 300 objects including Ziggy Stardust bodysuits (1972) designed by Freddie Burretti, photography by Brian Duffy; album sleeve artwork by Guy Peellaert and Edward Bell; visual excerpts from films and live performances including The Man Who Fell to Earth, music videos such as Boys Keep Swinging and set designs created for the Diamond Dogs tour (1974). Alongside these will be more personal items such as never-before-seen storyboards, handwritten set lists and lyrics as well as some of Bowie’s own sketches, musical scores and diary entries, revealing the evolution of his creative ideas.

Promotional shoot for The Kon-rads 1963 photo vam.ac.uk

Promotional shoot for The Kon-rads
1963
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David Bowie and William Burroughs 1974 photo vam.ac.uk

David Bowie and William Burroughs
1974
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Original photography for the Earthling album cover, 1997 Union Jack coat designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie photo vam.ac.uk

Original photography for the Earthling album cover, 1997
Union Jack coat designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie
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Self portrait in pose also adopted for the album cover of 'Heroes' 1978 photo vam.ac.uk

Self portrait in pose also adopted for the album cover of ‘Heroes’
1978
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