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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 breakthroughs of Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his impact on the larger international tradition of twentieth-century avant-garde art. Essays by V+A curators on Bowie's London, image and influence on the fashion world are complemented by Christopher Frayling on film; Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowie's relationship with William Burroughs and his fans.… (meer)
Well, isn't this year starting off well? Third 5-star rating in a row!
This is easily the best book on Bowie I've read. The pictures are wonderful, but more importantly, this feels like the first book that truly examines Bowie's impact on the world. In depth sections on his impact to music, to art, to performance, to fashion, to photography.
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 breakthroughs of Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his impact on the larger international tradition of twentieth-century avant-garde art. Essays by V+A curators on Bowie's London, image and influence on the fashion world are complemented by Christopher Frayling on film; Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowie's relationship with William Burroughs and his fans.
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This is easily the best book on Bowie I've read. The pictures are wonderful, but more importantly, this feels like the first book that truly examines Bowie's impact on the world. In depth sections on his impact to music, to art, to performance, to fashion, to photography.
Exceptional.
David Bowie is... absolutely worth the read. (