| LC control no. | nr 95014314 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bowery, Leigh |
| Variant(s) | Bowery, Leigh Bradley |
| Other standard no. | Q1024044 15581279 500123704 0000000066753444 354741 mp67216 |
| Associated country | Australia |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1961-03-26 |
| Death date | 1994-12-31 |
| Place of birth | Sunshine (Vic.) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Performance art Fashion design |
| Affiliation | Raw Sewage Minty Taboo |
| Profession or occupation | Performance artists Fashion designers |
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| Found in | Lucien Freud, recent drawings and etchings, 1993: t.p. (Leigh Bowery) Leigh Bowery, 1998: p. 4 (Bowery, Leigh Bradley; birth date 26 Mar 1961; Sunshine, Vic., Australia) p. 239 (Bowery's death (New Year's Eve, 1994)) Music is a Better Noise, via MoMA website, August 17, 2021 (Raw Sewage, a group led by the late Leigh Bowery, a performance artist active in London in the late 1980s and early 1990s) <https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/4871> Union List of Artist Names website, August 17, 2021 (Bowery, Leigh (Australian performance artist, 1961-1994, active in England); variant: Bowery, Leigh Bradley; Active from the early 1980s in the London underground club world, Bowery created clothing that stretched the boundaries of taste and convention. He created solo performances that incorporated his costumes, and in collaboration with the choreographer and dancer Michael Clark. Toward the end of his life he became known as the subject of a series of nude portraits painted by Lucian Freud) National Portrait Gallery website, August 17, 2021 (Leigh Bowery (1961-1994), Performance artist; Bowery was an iconic figure who expressed himself through the creation and wearing of elaborate fetishistic costumes, influencing many contemporary fashion designers. As creator of the London night club, Taboo, Bowery played an important role in the club culture of the 1980s. Bowery collaborated with dancer Michael Clark as costume designer and performer in works including Because We Must (1987) and mmm (1992). Other performances include a week-long installation as a living artwork at London's Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 1988. In the 1990s Bowery created controversial performances with his band Minty. He is also known as a model of Lucian Freud's for whom he posed unmasked and naked) <https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp67216> Wikipedia, August 17, 2021 (Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 - 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his (sometimes controversial) performance; born Sunshine, Victoria, Australia; died Westminster, London, England) |
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