Leigh Bowery /
Leigh Bowery used performance to explore questions around the politics of the body and its use as both material and a site of transformation. He was also fascinated by the subversive potential of costume as sculpture. .. [F]eatures over two hundred images by and of the artist - spanning a ... career...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Tate Publishing,
2025.
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| Summary: | Leigh Bowery used performance to explore questions around the politics of the body and its use as both material and a site of transformation. He was also fascinated by the subversive potential of costume as sculpture. .. [F]eatures over two hundred images by and of the artist - spanning a ... career which included fashion photography, club polaroids, film stills, paintings, postcards, and ephemera. In addition to Bowery's own works, the book also includes paintings of the artist by Lucian Freud and works made with and about Bowery by Stephen Willats and Trojan Barnes, among others. A visual inventory of all of Bowery's costumes, held by the artist's estate, has been newly photographed - published here for the first time. |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, 27 February to 31 August 2025. |
| Physical Description: | 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 36 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781849769587 1849769583 |