Leigh bowery

Dean Bowery, 1990. (Whose name comes from his idol, Leigh Bowery). The club kids burned bright and fast. They were the society misfits. The ‘freaks’. A sharp cocktail of young drag queens who built a community out of their craft, and a cast of constantly rotating nightlife characters with one com

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Leigh Bowery, Session IV, Look 17 by Fergus Greer, 1991

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Fergus Greer - Leigh Bowery: Session 2, Look 10, 1989 | From a unique collection of photography at http://www.1stdibs.com/art/photography/

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Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery was often a nude model for the painter Lucian Freud, I'm currently making sketches of some of Freud's paintings of him. That's how I heard of him, but I'm starting to disover that Bowery was totally an artist in his own right, and a pretty extraordinary public persona. I have a feeling I'd have heard of Bowery before long after I turned 18 anyway, since I think the majority of his legacy lies in the clubbing industry. Fashion designer, model, club promoter, actor, performance…

A performance artist famous for his makeup, performances, and cross dressing routines. When watching the documentary in Santiagos class, I was amazed by the power he holds in his performances. The power of persuasion he used as an artist to display wonderful talent in bold acts and be not ashamed. Though I question his stunts, like flying on a cord and accidental going through a pane glass window naked and cutting himself up. Still I admire how Leigh Bowery as an artist is abstract in…