Leigh Bowery Looks: Photographs by Fergus Greer 1988-1994 - Hardcover

Bowery, Leigh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1900828197 ISBN 13: 9781900828192

Publisher: Violette Editions, 2002

Synopsis

This book is the definitive and indispensable guide to the unique looks designed, and, in these photographs, worn by Leigh Bowery. One of Britain's most heroically ambitious yet underappreciated designers and performance artists, Bowery remains an inspiration to many contemporary fashion designers, though few are willing to admit it. In Leigh Bowery Looks you can see why: It contains 300 previously unpublished photographs of Bowery, an extraordinary body of work that was the outcome of his collaboration with British photographer Fergus Greer between 1988 and 1994, the year of Bowery's death.

About this title

About the Author:

Leigh Bowery was a performance artist, fashion designer, nightclub sensation, art object, aspiring pop star, and above all, an icon whose influence traversed the music, art, film, and fashion worlds. Perhaps he is best known as the muse and nude model for some of Lucian Freud's most famous paintings; ironic for the man who was infamous for his costumes. Originally from Australia, he arrived in London in 1980, and proceeded to establish himself both there and in New York for his scene-making clubs and performances until his death in 1994.

Review:

"Leigh Bowery was clearly one of the most eye-poppingly extraordinary figures of our time." (Martin Gayford The Daily Telegraph 20050801)

About this edition

• Publisher: Violette Editions
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1900828197
• ISBN 13: 9781900828192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 175
• Editor: Cassadio Mariuccia, Violette Robert