Description
This book was published to accompany the blockbuster international exhibition launched at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and is the only volume that grants access to Bowie’s personal archive of performance costumes, ephemera, and original design artwork by the artist, bringing it together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations. David Bowie Is traces his career from its beginnings in London, through the breakthroughs of Space Oddity and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his enormous impact on 20th-century avant-garde music and art. The more than 300 color illustrations include personal and performance photographs, album covers, costumes, original lyric sheets, and much more.
Essays by Victoria and Albert Museum curators on Bowie’s London, image, and influence on the fashion world are complemented by Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowie’s relationship with William Burroughs and his fans.
AUTHOR: Victoria Broackes, Geoffery Marsh
PUBLICATION: 2013
COVER: Hardcover
DIMENSIONS (W x L): 9.5 x 12.5 inches
PAGE COUNT: 288
ISBN: 9781851777372
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