Public will have access to more than 80,000 items from the star’s handwritten lyrics to set designs in dedicated new centre
is to become publicly available following the donation of the cultural pioneer’s extensive archive to the V&A.The enormous cache of more than 80,000 items – including handwritten lyrics, instruments, costumes, set designs, letters and album artwork – spanning more than six decades will be held in a special centre being created in east London.
“Bowie’s radical innovations across music, theatre, film, fashion and style – from Berlin to Tokyo to London – continue to influence design and visual culture and inspire creatives from Janelle Monáe to Lady Gaga to Tilda Swinton and Raf Simons.” The archive also includes a photo collage of film stills from The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and tens of thousands of prints, negatives, large format transparencies, slides and contact sheets taken by leading photographers such as Terry O’Neill and Helmut Newton.
In 2013 the V&A mounted an exhibition of items from Bowie’s archive, which became one of the institution’s most popular shows of all time. It was seen by more than 2 million people around the world when it went on tour. The archive material showed “Bowie’s hand in everything – sketching out costume ideas and album covers, song notes, details of collaborations. It gives insight into his imagination and how he saw his ideas through.”
The Bowie centre has been funded by the performer’s estate and a £10m donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group.Photograph: Sukita and The David Bowie Archive/PA
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