The David Bowie Is.. exhibition at the V&A museum, London is one of the fasting selling exhibitions ever- a testament to one of the worlds greatest, most original artists. The exhibition was an intriguing mix of the mundane, suburban life that Bowie saught to escape and the spaced out, stylised world peopled with the eccentric characters that he created. It was fascinating to see the influences that inspired his vision from Burroughs to J G Ballard to Stanley Kubrickto. All visionaries that took the decades desire to explore outer space and turned it into a voyage into the inner mind. The evolution of Bowies alter ego's such as Ziggy stardust or the Thin White Duke were explored and the characters costumes on show were impressive. The most successful part of the exhibition for me though were the giant screens onto which images of iconic Bowie performances were projected complete with soundtrack- like you were there seeing him perform live. He was a performer first and foremost.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/david-bowie-is/
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