David Bowie, V&A

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.

David Bowie 1973
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

David Bowie 1963
Promotional shoot for The Konrads / Servizio promozionale per The Konrads, 1963. Photo: Roy Ainsworth. Courtesy: The David Bowie Archive 2012. © V&A Images

David Bowie Fotomontaggio da The Man Who Fell to Earth
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

David Bowie Fotografia originale per la copertina dell’album Earthling 1997
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

David Bowie Autoritratto utilizzato anche per la copertina dell’album Heroes
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.

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