Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034069310X ISBN 13: 9780340693100

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1764

Synopsis

Bowery's closest friend, Sue Tilley recounts the life of Leigh Bowery, the costume designer and performer who posed for the painter Lucien Freud. The biography follows Bowery's life from his arrival in London in 1981 to his death from AIDS in 1994 and was written with the co-operation of his friends and family.

About this title

About the Author:

Sue Tilley is an author and model, as well as manager at the government's Department for Work and Pensions in London's West End. Born in 1957 in south London, Tilley became involved in the London art scene in the late 1970s, leading to her close relationship with Leigh Bowery. In 2008, a painting of Tilley by the portraitist Lucian Freud become the world's highest-selling painting by a living artist, going for $34 million at Christie's Fine Arts Auction House in New York. Tilley continues to write, model, and pursue other projects in London.

Review:

"Leigh Bowery was modern art on legs." --Boy George"Compulsive and heartfelt. All elegies should resonate like this." --"Esquire""A touching tribute of friendship, written with wit, verve and considerable charm." --"The Daily Telegraph"

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Publication date: 1764
• ISBN 10: 034069310X
• ISBN 13: 9780340693100
• Binding: Paperback