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A total blam blam

Adecade ago, the international touring exhibition David Bowie Is posited that Bowie displayed many aspects: David Bowie Is dance, fashion, music, art …

He was a human palimpsest, repeatedly wiping clean for another image to be written on himself.

The most compelling voice is always Bowie, an artist and a man constantly searching for meaning and purpose in his creative life.

Bowie’s capacity for change – Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke to the Goblin and appearing as a nasty version of himself on Ricky Gervais’ reflected not just a restless, artistically curious spirit but also someone constantly escaping from previous selves.

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