a soulful art legacy: 25 david bowie paintings

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A Soulful Art Legacy: 25 David Bowie

Paintings

David Bowie Paintings: Just like many other s ar ound the globe, I was saddened by

the departure of a great artist of our age – David Bowie. I have to admit, though,

my sadness is somehow selfish. I knew that it wouldn’t be long until my turn facing

the end of this life, just like my favourite artist who sang me these songs that I

grew up listening to.

However, there are some artists behind the mask of sadness, are simply

prompted to promote their freshly-made paintings and prints, to profit from

shocked fans who want to pay tribute to their hero. On that very same day!

So, instead of sharing arts made on the death of David Bowie, here I would like to

share some of his very own artwork. Let’s pay real tribute to him by celebrating

his creativity! David Bowie paintings show a knowledgeable approach to art,

influenced by Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg, Francis Bacon, Francis Picabia…

It also shows a touch of post-modernism, more precisely neo-expressionism

movement:

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Turkish Father and Son – 1978



Squeeze 2000 – 1996



Portrait of JO – 1976



Hearts Filthy Lesson – 1995



Dry Heads Capetown – 1995



Child in Berlin – 1977



The rape of Bigarschol – 1996



Present future accepted – 1995



I am a World Champion – 1977



Evol for the Missing – 1996



Ber lin landscape with JO – 1978 (Por tr ait of Iggy Pop (James Oster ber g))



DHead series

Bowie continuously painted these DHeads during his career, but it only went

public around 1994.



DHeads II



DHead LV – Portrait of Mike Garson



South Africa series

An exploration of Bowie’s thoughts on the “white ancestor” story, gleaned from histrip to South Africa. The artist wrote: “In 1995 Iman and I took our first trip to South Africa. One of the prevailing stories handed down is that when the first tribes sawthe white man they presumed they were being visited by their ancestors, as in theirmythology the ancestors appear as a ghost-like white form"

Ancestor



Ancestor II



Sketches & studies

Preparatory drawings by David Bowie for di"erent projects, including an

unrealised film set in Hunger City, 1974.



Study



Drawing on Gitane Packet



Self-portraits

Self portrait – 1996



Self-portrait – 1978, Inspired by the cover for the album cover of Heroes (Victoria

and Albert Museum)

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