19 February 2013
A personality who, whether he’s to your taste or not, has left a mark on music and on much else besides. He has embraced a wide range of activities in his career (singer, musician, composer, actor, fashion designer, graphic designer, painter), influencing the culture of at least three decades. The Victoria & Albert Museum has been given access to his archives, and has organized the first retrospective on David Bowie, giving us a chance to get to know his creative genius better. Not to be missed.
From March 23 to July 28, 2013.
Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour / Body a righe per l’Aladdin Sane tour, 1973. Design by Kansai Yamamoto. Photo: Masayoshi Sukita. © Sukita The David Bowie Archive 2012
Promotional shoot for The Konrads / Servizio promozionale per The Konrads, 1963. Photo: Roy Ainsworth. Courtesy: The David Bowie Archive 2012. © V&A Images
Photo collage of manipulated film stills from The Man Who Fell to Earth / Fotomontaggio da The Man Who Fell to Earth. © STUDIO CANAL Films Ltd. © V&A Images
Original photography for the Earthling album cover / Fotografia originale per la copertina dell’album Earthling, 1997. Designed by Alexander McQueen in collaboration with David Bowie. Photo: Frank W Ockenfels 3. © Frank W Ockenfels 3
Self portrait in pose also adopted for the album cover of Heroes / Autoritratto utilizzato anche per la copertina dell’album Heroes, 1978. © The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image © V&A Images.