Title: David Bowie is the subject /
Authors: Broackes, Victoria; Marsh, Geoff; Roth, Martin; Paglia, Camille.; Savage, Jon; Goodall, Howard; Breward, Christopher.; Cullen, Oriole; Frayling, Christopher; Hoare, Philip; Kermode, Mark; Coleridge, Nicholas.; Roth, Martin, 1955-2017; Paglia, Camille, 1947-; Breward, Christopher, 1965-; Coleridge, Nicholas, 1957-; Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: V&A Publishing ; Harry N. Abrams (Distributor in North America),
Year: 2013
Subjects: Bowie, David Exhibitions.; Bowie, David Portraits.; Rock musicians England Pictorial works.; Rock musicians England Biography; Rock music England History and criticism Pictorial works.; Rock music England Pictorial works.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: David Bowie is what follows / Martin Roth -- 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 / Jon 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 goon 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 photographic / Nicholas Coleridge -- David Bowie is mapping new territories.