A traveling art exhibit celebrating the former David Bowie has made its final hitch , feed all the Diamond Dogs , Earthlings , and Space Oddities one more opportunity to celebrate the aesthetic bequest of the Chameleon of Rock . For those who ca n’t make the trek out to Brooklyn , New York , io9 has a feeling inside the exhibit .
The David Bowie Is museum exhibit first started touring the world in 2013 , years before the iconic artist died in 2016 . Now , the exhibit is making its final plosive speech sound at theBrooklyn Museum . Many of the set piece require a multitude of screens showing Bowie ’s performances , early transcription , and more . But , it should be no surprise that it ’s intend to be have aurally — each visitor encounter phone playing Bowie ’s music , which exchange as you approach each part of the showing .
Bowie was as much an artistry ikon as a musical icon , and there are hundreds of archival photos , promotional photos , and album screening art , cross from his juvenility as David Jones to his final album , Blackstar . There ’s even a sizable collection of buff art devote to him . Then , of course , there ’s the way . There are more than 60 of Bowie ’s inimitable outfits on display , spanning his nearly 60 - twelvemonth career in concerts , on albums , in TV appearances — sometimes even just day to day .
Honestly , this is just the tiniest look at David Bowie Is — not just in terms of the display , which is massive , but also the serviceman himself . Bowie was so many things , and his bequest will last even after the drapery closes on this affecting tribute . If you happen to be in the Brooklyn expanse , look into it out before it closes July 15 .
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