Leigh Bowery was mainly known for being a club promoter and a nightlife fixture. He opened the club Taboo in 1985 which was known to be like an underground party and had a defiance of sexual convention, and an embrace of what Bowery called 'polysexual' identities. He was also an art performer and was well known withing the art industry. His makeup was always exaggerate and to me looks like abstract art on a face. The image below was taken by Werner Pawlock. I think it looks like a collaboration of the primary colours and icecream. Its seems quite experimental as the pink ice cream looking hairstyle on his head is had texture different shades of pink, where as the colours on face and finger nails are very block looking with little variety of shade in comparison to the hair. I think it works together though because the face is white matching the white texture in the hair piece especially at the top.
Photography by Werner Pawlock.pawlock.com
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