David Bowie’s costumes, handwritten lyrics, album art work and awards are amongst greater than 80,000 archived objects set to go on show to the general public for the primary time.
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is organising The David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts at its upcoming new venue V&A East Storehouse, to showcase the in depth archive from 2025.
Spanning six many years of Bowie’s profession, from the Sixties to his loss of life in 2016, the show in east London will present an up-close look into the cultural icon’s life, work and legacy.
The assortment may even function letters, devices, sheet music, vogue, images, movie, music movies and set designs, in addition to unrealised initiatives by no means earlier than seen in public.
Hailing Bowie as “one of the greatest musicians and performers of all time,” V&A director Dr Tristram Hunt stated the museum was “thrilled to become custodians of his incredible archive” and to open it to the general public.
“Bowie’s radical innovations across music, theatre, film, fashion, and style – from Berlin to Tokyo to London – continue to influence design and visual culture and inspire creatives from Janelle Monae to Lady Gaga to Tilda Swinton and Raf Simons,” he stated.
Highlights embrace stage costumes corresponding to Bowie’s breakthrough Ziggy Stardust ensembles, designed by Freddie Burretti in 1972; Kansai Yamamoto’s creations for the Aladdin Sane tour in 1973; and the Union Jack coat designed by Bowie and Alexander McQueen for the 1997 Earthling album cowl.
Handwritten lyrics for songs together with Fame, Heroes and Ashes To Ashes additionally function, in addition to a photograph collage of movie stills from The Man Who Fell to Earth, and greater than 70,000 images, prints, negatives, slides and phone sheets from photographers together with Terry O’Neill, Brian Duffy and Helmut Newton.
The archive additionally contains devices, amps, and different tools, corresponding to a Stylophone – a present from Marc Bolan within the late Sixties – used on Bowie’s seminal Space Oddity recording.
A cultural icon and creative genius
Additionally, the archive holds a sequence of intimate notebooks from each period of Bowie’s life and profession.
The acquisition by the V&A and the creation of the Bowie centre was made attainable due to the David Bowie Estate and a £10m donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group.
A spokesperson from the Bowie property stated: “With David’s life’s work becoming part of the UK’s national collections, he takes his rightful place amongst many other cultural icons and artistic geniuses.”
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Bowie, born David Jones in Brixton, south London, died aged 69 on 10 January 2016.
Moonage Daydream, the primary formally sanctioned documentary on the star since his loss of life from most cancers, was launched in 2022, and was shortlisted at this 12 months’s BAFTAs.
Max Lousada, chief government of recorded music at Warner Music Group, stated: “As the stewards of David Bowie’s extraordinary music catalogue, we’re delighted to expand our relationship with his estate through this partnership with the V&A.
“This archive guarantees to be an unparalleled show of particular person creative brilliance, invention, and transformation. Bowie’s affect solely grows in stature over time, and this shall be an everlasting celebration of his profound legacy.”
Source: information.sky.com”