Full Description
David Bowie Is now available in paperback. Originally published to accompany the ground-breaking exhibition at the V&A, this is a revised edition of the only book to be granted access to Bowie's personal archive of performance costume, ephemera and original artwork.
The book traces Bowie's 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. It presents a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations.
The David Bowie Centre at V&A East will allow new generations to explore the artist's continuing influence and inspiration, through his recently secured archive of more than 80,000 objects. This book is the perfect introduction to a unique collection.
Contents
David Bowie Is What Follows: Foreword -- Tristram Hunt
Curator's Preface -- Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh
Astronaut of Inner Spaces: Sundridge Park, Soho, London...Mars -- Geoffrey Marsh
Theatre of Gender: David Bowie at the Climax of the Sexual Revolution -- Camille Paglia
Oh! You Pretty Things -- John Savage
Putting Out Fire with Gasoline: Designing David Bowie -- Victoria Broackes
Bowie | Music: Lucky old sun is in my sky... Howard Goodall
For 'We Are the Good Squad': Bowie, style and the power of the LP cover, 1967-1983 -- Christopher Breward
Changes: Bowie's life story -- Oriole Cullen
David Bowie Then...David Bowie Now...-- Christopher Frayling, Philip Hoare & Mark Kermode
David Bowie Is Exhibited -- Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh
David Bowie Is Archived -- Sabrina Offord & Harriet Reed
David Bowie Is Referenced: Notes
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits
David Bowie is Indexed: Index
