8/19/2019 A Soulful Art Legacy: 25 David Bowie Paintings http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/a-soulful-art-legacy-25-david-bowie-paintings 1/27 A Soulful Art Legacy: 25 David Bowie PaintingsDavidBowie Paintings:Justlike many other s a r oundthe globe, I wassaddenedby 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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8/19/2019 A Soulful Art Legacy: 25 David Bowie Paintings
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"
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8/19/2019 A Soulful Art Legacy: 25 David Bowie Paintings