Screen LibraryDavid Bowie is the subject /
"David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts. This is the first bo...
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V & A Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Victoria & Albert museum: exhibition catalogues
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"David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts. This is the first book to be granted access to Bowie's personal archive of performance costume, ephemera and original design artwork by Bowie, and brings it together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations. The book traces his career from its beginnings in London, through the breakt |
| Item Description: | Issued on the occasion of the exhibition: "David Bowie is ", 23 March - 11 August, 2013. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. |
| Carrier Form: | 320 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781851777372 (hardback) : 1851777377 (hardback) 9781851777358 (paperback) 1851777350 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | ML420 |
| CLC: | K835.615.76-64 |
| Call Number: | K835.615.76-64/B786 |
| Contents: |
David Bowie is what follows / Curators' preface / Astronaut of inner spaces: Sundridge Park, Soho, London -- mars / Theatre of gender: David Bowie at the climax of the sexual revolution / Oh! you pretty things / Putting out fire with gasoline: designing David Bowie / Bowie/Music: lucky old sun is in my sky -- / For 'we are the goon squad': Bowie, style and the power of the LP cover, 1967-1983 / Changes: Bowie's li |