The Legend of Leigh Bowery
I just finished watching the documentary, The Legend of Leigh Bowery on TRIO (Pop Culture TV) and once again I was amazed at all that I do not know. Bowery was a fashion designer/club kid/walking work of art in the 1980's and into the 1990's, and his designs were beautiful, startling, and nightmarish all at once. Some of what he designed brings to mind Divine wearing the clothes of a gay Mexican wrestler. He did performance art and worked with the choreographer, Michael Clark and was painted by Lucien Freud. His legacy is twisted and grotesque, but you have to respect anyone willing to live their life on their own terms. He died on New Year's Eve 1994.
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