内容简介
DavidBowieIsisthefirstbookthatgrantsaccesstotheinternationallyacclaimedartistandperformer’spersonalarchiveofcostumes,ephemera,originaldesignartwork,andmore,bringingittogethertopresentacompletelynewperspectiveonhiscreativeworkandcollaborations.IttracesBowie’scareerfromitsbeginningsinLondon,throughthebreakthroughsofSpaceOddityandTheRiseandFallofZiggyStardustandtheSpidersfromMars,andontohisenormousimpacton20th-centuryavant-gardemusicandart.EssaysbyV&AcuratorsVictoriaBroackesandGeoffreyMarshonBowie’sLondon,image,andinfluenceonthefashionworldarecomplementedbyChristopherFrayling,MarkKermode,andPhilipHoareonfilm;HowardGoodallonmusicology;CamillePagliaongenderanddecadence;andJonSavageonBowie’srelationshipwithWilliamBurroughsandBowie’sfans.Themorethan300colorillustrationsincludepersonalandperformancephotographs,albumcovers,performancecostumes,originallyricsheets,andmuchmore.
PraiseforDavidBowieIs:
PerusingDavidBowieIs(V&APublishing,distributedbyAbrams),theexhibition’scatalog,withitsprocessionofposesandcostumesandweightyessaystrackingthecross-referencestopopcultureandhighart,yougetasenseofhowmuchhardworkittooktobeMr.Bowie.”TheNewYorkTimes
Thefansof50yearsorthosemakingdiscoveriesinretrospectwillbeintriguedbytheaccompanyingbookDavidBowieIsthatisfarmorethanafanzine.”TheNewYorkTimes
LendscontextandpicksawayatBowiewithsuchinsightthatit’sararehagiographywithsoul.”ChicagoTribune
Combiningtop-notcharticlesonthesinger/actor’slifeandworkwithofficialimagesandreproductionsofhisfashionandassociatedephemera,thehefty,mango-coloredbookisnothingshortofatreasuretroveofallthingsBowie;aone-stopsmorgasbordfortheeyeswhosepictorialschroniclethegroundbreakingstarfromZiggyStardusttoThinWhiteDuketoHeathenandeverypersonalityinbetween.”Examiner.com
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作者简介
VictoriaBroackesisacuratoroftheatre&performanceattheV&A.GeoffreyMarshisdirectoroftheV&Atheatrecollections.SirChristopherFraylingisacriticandwriterandformerrectoroftheRoyalCollegeofArt,London.HowardGoodallisanEmmy,BRIT,andBAFTAaward–winningcomposerandbroadcaster.CamillePagliaisUniversityProfessorofhumanitiesandmediastudiesattheUniversityoftheArtsinPhiladelphia.HerbooksincludeSexualPersonae:ArtandDecadencefromNefertititoEmilyDickinson.JonSavageisawriterandbroadcaster.HisbooksincludeTeenage:TheCreationofYouthCultureandEngland’sDreaming:Anarchy,SexPistols,PunkRock,andBeyond.,,,,,,,