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Southbank Centre, Aladdin Sane: 50 Years

Graphic design for 'Aladdin Sale: 50 Years' at the Southbank Centre, an exhibition centred on Bowie’s lightning portrait by photographer Brian Duffy.

The graphic panels were designed to have a vibrant red glow against the white walls of the gallery space, adding a touch of magic inspired by Bowie's performances, and eluding to the red glow of photography darkrooms. Section texts were fixed to the walls using a set of darkroom hanger clips at each corner.

In the final section, we interpreted a set of quotes from friends and admirers of Bowie into an installation with printed mylar panels hanging in the space.

Date
2023
Curation
Chris Duffy, Geoffrey Marsh
Exhibition Design
Alex Sprogis
Exhibition Management
Cedar Lewisohn, Madeleine Lynch, Helena Adalsteinsdottir
Photography
Thomas Adank
Typeface
Walter Neue by ABC Dinamo

A large wall with a wide doorway leading to a dark gallery. On the wall is a duotone image of David Bowie in red, and the exhibition title.

Close-up photo of Aladdin Sane title treatment showing red lettering and shadow

A photograph of two artwork captions pinned to a white gallery wall, with the red edge of the wall visible. The captions have black text printed on them and a red glow on the wall behind.

A white text panel pinned to the wall in a gallery painted black. The panel is secured with large stainless steel clips at the four corners.

An artwork caption pinned to the wall below a red print that reads 'David Bowie', and a larger text panel with a stainless steel clip.

A close-up photograph of a fixing method for a text panel, using large stainless steel photo film clips.

A text panel in a gallery space. The panel has a red glow reflecting against the white wall. It is secured with stainless steel clips at each corner.

A double sided mylar sheet with text printed to its surface, in an red-lit room.

Three mylar panels hang in a space that is lit red and punctuated with red strip lighting. Two panels have text printed to their surface.