Unmade up
Subtitle: recollections of a friendship with David Bowie
By: by Edward Bell
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781910787625
Subjects: Rock musicians; Friends and associates; Anecdotes; Rock musicians in art; Portraits; Pictorial works
Description: 'Unmade Up' features much previously unseen artwork and photography of the enigmatic singer David Bowie, by his go-to artist of his heyday, Edward Bell. His commissions included the sleeve for Bowie's 1980 album "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" which featured the number one single "Ashes to Ashes". Bowie later bought all of Bell's artwork for his private collection. Edward Bell is a photographer, designer and artist living in Wales. Having studied at Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art he went on to work as a freelance photographer and illustrator for Vogue, Tatler and Elle magazines. As well as his commissions for album covers for David Bowie he was also commissioned by other outstanding musicians and groups of the time. His art covers many genres from life paintings to pop art to sculpture; he has worked and exhibited all over the world, especially in the US and Ireland. He now lives in Wales, quietly.
Notes: "An anecdotal narrative of a sometime friendship founded upon a visually creative collaboration, from 'Scary Monsters' 1980 to 'Tin Machine II' 1991 ; illustrated with original artwork and many photographs never before published "--Title page.