Today in Milan opened an exhibition on Leigh Bowery, controversial performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, and fashion designer.

Bowery is considered as one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles, influencing a generation of artists and designers from Alexander McQueen, Lucian Freud, Vivienne Westwood to B and numerous Nu-Rave bands.

Leigh ( who died in 1994 at age of 32 ) was an authentic witness of the protest against standardization and conservatism, thus representing the uniqueness of every life that does not accept rules of conduct or appearance, in a pure new-romantic style, bringing out the individual with the expressive freedom of genius.

The exhibition is curated by Carlo Madesani and open to the public from February, 10th to April 7th (camera16 Gallery, Milan Via Pisacane 16)