Bowie Style

Afro/Pagan And Work 1975-1995, a retrospective
that included Expressionist-influenced figurative
work, sculptures and computer-generated wallpaper
designs. The majority of the collection was sold (one
piece fetched a respectable £17, 500), prompting a
second show in Basle, Switzerland the following
year. Since then, Bowie has become increasingly
enthralled by computer-generated images, which he
now sells via his BowieArt website.
With Balthus at the latter’s chalet in Rossiniere,
Switzerland, June 1994.
With Damien Hirst at Cork Street, London, April 1995.
For all the talk of media cross-pollinisation, critics
have found Bowie’s fine art aspirations difficult to
take. Statements like “I’m a mid-art populist and
postmodernist Buddhist who is casually surfing his
way through the chaos of the late 20th century” are
probably not the best way to mollify his detractors.
According to his agent Kate Chertavian, these
suspicions are misplaced: “I think his credibility
grows with each year and each successful project
that he does.” She maintains that his work will