DAVID BOWIE THE CHANGING FACES
Print is available in 4 options, Art Print, Mounted print, Fine Art Print or Hand Embellished Canvas Edition
Title: David Bowie ~ The changing faces of David Bowie
Medium: Art Print
Edition: Limited
Size: 40cm x 25cm
Signed by Artist: Yes
Price: £45
Title: David Bowie ~ The changing faces of David Bowie
Edition: Limited
Medium: Mounted Art Print
Size: 50cm x 35cm
Mounted: Yes
Signed by Artist: Yes
Price: £125
Title: David Bowie ~ The changing faces of David Bowie
Edition: 69
Medium: Fine Art Print
Size: 60cm x 30cm
Signed by Artist: Yes
Price: £195
Title: David Bowie ~ The changing faces of David Bowie
Edition: 69
Medium: Canvas Edition
Size: 80cm x 40cm
Hand Embellished: Yes
Signed by Artist: Yes
Price: £595
The Original painting hangs in a private suite at the O2 Arena, London
David Robert Jones(8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinumalbum certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, and released eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 1996.
Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chartafter its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rockera with his flamboyant and androgynous alter egoZiggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low(1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Enothat came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes"(1977) and Lodger(1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance; the album's title tracktopped both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrialand jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(1983), Jareththe Goblin King in Labyrinth(1986), Pontius Pilatein The Last Temptation of Christ(1988), and Nikola Teslain The Prestige(2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with The Next Day.He remained musically active until he died of liver cancertwo days after the release of his final album, Blackstar(2016).
On 10 January 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of the album Blackstar, Bowie died from liver cancerin his New York City apartment. He had been diagnosed 18 months earlier but had not made the news of his illness public. The Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove, who had worked with the singer on his Off-Broadwaymusical Lazarus, explained that Bowie was unable to attend rehearsals due to the progression of the disease. He noted that Bowie had kept working during the illness.
