(27 Jun 2018) NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TO SHOW MICHAEL JACKSON ART EXHIBIT
A new art exhibition in London depicts Michael Jackson as a savior, a saint, an entertainer, an icon, a monarch, a mask and a mystery.
The new National Portrait Gallery show explores how many contemporary artists have been drawn to the late King of Pop, as an artistic inspiration, a tragic figure and a fascinating enigma.
Gathering work by 48 artists from around the world, the show includes Jackson-inspired paintings, photographs, videos, textiles and ceramics.
It ranges from 1980s pop-art portraits by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring to David LaChapelle's depictions of a Christ-like Jackson and Kehinde Wiley's vast portrait of the entertainer as a king on horseback.
"It seems timely to do this exhibition nine years after he died and the year in which he would have turned 60-years-old," says curator Nicholas Cullinan.
"I think we can now begin to think about Michael Jackson in a slightly more historical perspective and think about what he accomplished, in terms of breaking down barriers, but also what he represented and symbolised to many different people."
Jackson had already been a child star when he became an international icon in 1983 with the release of "Thriller," one of the best-selling albums of all time.
His music, moves, style and innovations in staging and video had a huge impact on popular culture.
He also struggled with the limelight and died in 2009 of a prescription drug overdose at age 50.
The exhibition includes works that reflect on what Jackson meant to his fans, his place in African-American culture, the way he manipulated fame - and the way fame manipulated him.
US artist Todd Gray, who worked for Jackson as a photographer in the 1970s and 80s, recalls him as a sweet-natured youth.

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