Leigh Bowery
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Leigh Bowery
By (Author) Fiontn Moran
With Jessica Baxter
With Margery King
With Gregor Muir
With Catherine Wood
With Hamish Bowles
With Nicola Rainbird
With Sue Tilley
With McKenzie Wark
With Prem Sahib
Tate Publishing
Tate Publishing
27th February 2025
27th February 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
709.2
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 230mm, Height 350mm
Description
Tate Modern exhibition: 27 February - 2 September 2025
A comprehensive monograph on the boundary-pushing career of artist, performer, model, TV personality, club promoter, fashion designer and musician, 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.
Published to accompany a major exhibition, Leigh Bowery features over two hundred images by and of the artist - spanning an eclectic and dynamic 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.
Author Bio
Fiontn Moran is Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.
