The australian performance artist, as depicted by Lucien Freud:



Lucian Freud is our most celebrated depicter of personal contradiction, so it is fitting that his huge canvases revealed Bowery in all his vulnerable, naked humanity. And for all the time and effort the performer invested in concealing himself behind sequins and feathers, it was of Leigh Bowery’s undecorated form that Freud recalled, “I found him perfectly beautiful.” (link)
— Lili · Oct 11, 2008 · 12:34 · Australia, England, Lifestyle, People, Performance art, Weird ·
