Life as a Look

From 1998: Hilton Als profiles the performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery, whose personal aesthetic was his principal form of rebellion—his massive body both his weapon and his shield.
Photographer: Janette Beckman
Publisher: The New Yorker
Format: Digital
Date: 2020/08/23 (originally published 1998/03/22)

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Friends still complain vociferously about Bowery’s bad behavior, but then burst out laughing or use words like “exhilarating” or “cathartic” to describe his escapades. Photograph by Janette Beckman / Getty

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