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Leigh Bowery looks / Fergus Greer, forword by Mari︢uccia Casadio, Vogue Italia.

Title
Leigh Bowery looks / Fergus Greer, forword by Mari︢uccia Casadio, Vogue Italia.
Author
Greer, Fergus.
Publication
London : Violette, 2002.

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Casadio, Mariuccia.
Description
175 p. : chiefly col. ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
"Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) was a performance artist, fashion designer, nightclub sensation, art object, aspiring pop-star and above all on an icon whose influence traversed the music, art, film and fashion worlds. Perhaps he is best-known for his role as muse and nude model for some of Lucian Freud's most famous paintings; ironic for the man who was infamous for his costumes. Bowery arrived in London in 1980 from Sunshine, Australia, collaborated notoriously with the dancer Michael Clark, and was proprietor of the infamous 1980s nightclub 'Taboo'. In the 1990s, Leigh Bowery created performances which both delighted and outraged audiences in New York, London and Tokyo, later incorporating his pop group, Minty." "This book is the definitive guide to the 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."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Vogue Italia.
Subject
  • Greer, Fergus
  • Bowery, Leigh > Portraits
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Portrait photography
Genre/Form
Portraits
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1900828197
OCLC
  • 50699362
  • SCSB-12451405
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library