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Having opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Sept. 23, "David Bowie Is" offers audiences an intimate and immersive journey into the multifaceted personas and creations of an artist widely considered to be one of the most significant of his time and genre.
At a preview on Sept. 19, MCA chief curator Michael Darling was joined by Geoffrey Marsh-one of the original co-curators of the exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. "David Bowie Is" broke attendance records during its run there in 2013 before setting out on a world tour with stops in Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Australia and the Netherlands.
"The MCA is thrilled to be the only United States venue," said the organization's Pritzker director, Madeline Grynsztejn. "So we join cities such as London, Berlin and Paris as contemporary art capitals."
Although Darling and his team managed to secure the exhibit by virtue of being the early bird in-calls to Marsh's office, Grynsztein said she believes that "David Bowie Is" is a natural fit for the MCA since the museum was founded and built in 1967 "on a multidisciplinary understanding of creativity."
"The combination of exhibitions, performance, Live-arts and programs that we present reflects the wide-angled view of contemporary art and culture and most importantly of the artists it is our responsibility to follow and reflect," Grynsztein adde.
In order to follow and reflect upon Bowie, the...