Glitz, grit, and genius: Tate Modern unmasks the many faces of Leigh Bowery

If you wander around Tate Modern’s multicoloured exhibition devoted to the performance artist Leigh Bowery, one small grimy black-and-white photo encapsulates his life. It shows Leigh in full costume waiting in a grimy foyer of the council tower block he lived in, waiting for a smelly lift to get him home, where behind locked doors, he could strip away the costumes that defined his public life.
Extract from “Leigh Bowery: Waiting for elevator home” by Nigel Parry
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