1. Leigh Bowery as the art.
2. Leigh Bowery as the model as seen in the Lucian Freud paintings.
3. Leigh Bowery as the man in relation to Leigh Bowery as the art and Leigh Bowery as the model as seen in the Lucian Freud paintings.
The life and art of Leigh Bowery is entirely unique in that he lost himself in his art. The performance element of Bowery's art was entirely a case of him prancing out on stage in a ridiculously flamboyant outfit and simply parading around the stage soaking up the audience's adoration. That was it. Simply living the fantasy of being a figure of pure fabulousness.
In the work of Bowery as a model in the Lucian Freud paintings we get this sensation of the isolation of Bowery as a person. In his life Bowery never really found love and simply jumped from one fling to the next as he mostly spent his entire life working on the next big fabulous outfit to go out clubbing in.
All of this combined created the fabulous darling of Leigh Bowery, a man who lost himself in his art.
Instrumentation
Alto Saxophone
Piano
Duration
21 minutes
2. Leigh Bowery as the model as seen in the Lucian Freud paintings.
3. Leigh Bowery as the man in relation to Leigh Bowery as the art and Leigh Bowery as the model as seen in the Lucian Freud paintings.
The life and art of Leigh Bowery is entirely unique in that he lost himself in his art. The performance element of Bowery's art was entirely a case of him prancing out on stage in a ridiculously flamboyant outfit and simply parading around the stage soaking up the audience's adoration. That was it. Simply living the fantasy of being a figure of pure fabulousness.
In the work of Bowery as a model in the Lucian Freud paintings we get this sensation of the isolation of Bowery as a person. In his life Bowery never really found love and simply jumped from one fling to the next as he mostly spent his entire life working on the next big fabulous outfit to go out clubbing in.
All of this combined created the fabulous darling of Leigh Bowery, a man who lost himself in his art.
Instrumentation
Alto Saxophone
Piano
Duration
21 minutes