"Together, the items get to the heart of who Bowie was: an artist whose creativity came as much from hard work, relentless experimentation and collaboration as raw talent. A contact sheet of Bowie as Aladdin Sane. Victoria Broackes, who has researched the archive, said the collection showed a Bowie who never took the easy way. He always pushed himself, she said, and always in new ways. A contact sheet of Bowie as Aladdin Sane."
"Now, the public can access the archive to learn about Bowie's character and methods. Last week, the V&A East Storehouse, an outpost of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, opened the David Bowie Center, which will display about 200 items from the collection at a time. Fans and scholars can also place advance orders to view, and potentially handle, any of the 90,000 items."
David Bowie left an archive of about 90,000 carefully cataloged and boxed items spanning costumes, photographs, letters and personal mementos. The collection includes iconic androgynous stage costumes, intimate photos of Bowie applying makeup to become personas, and childhood belongings such as a framed portrait of Little Richard. The materials illustrate Bowie’s creative process, emphasizing hard work, relentless experimentation and collaboration alongside talent. Research by Victoria Broackes characterizes Bowie as someone who never took the easy way, always pushing himself in new directions. The V&A East Storehouse opened the David Bowie Center to display rotating items and allow advance orders to view or handle archive pieces.
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