Name/Title
Leigh Bowery : beautified provocationEntry/Object ID
N9500.B69.Z43Description
With Australian artist Leigh Bowery (1961-1994), this richly illustrated catalog devotes itself to one of the most colorful border-crossers of the London and New York club, fashion, and art scenes of the 1980s and 1990s. Bowery made his sexuality a means of aesthetic expression, and he consciously used his own body in excessive abundance as an artistic media. Leigh Bowery's influence reached through the fashion, club, and art worlds to impact, amongst others, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Boy George, John Galliano, the Scissor Sisters, and David LaChapelle. He also inspired some of Lucian Freud's most fascinating nude paintings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Kunstverein Hannover, August 31-October 26, 2008.Lexicon
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Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Leigh Bowery, René ZechlinPublisher
Kunstverein Hannover/KehrerDate Published
2008Call No.
N9500.B69.Z43ISBN
3868280332, 9783868280333LCCN
2008500065Notes
Length: 135