Lodger
Promotional Cut-Out Mobile
1979 (designed)
1979 (designed)
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This oversized postcard was part of a cut-out promotional mobile produced to advertise David Bowie's 1979 album Lodger. It originally would have hung below a larger piece printed with the photographic artwork from the album's gatefold cover, featuring Bowie as an accident victim with a broken nose.
The album itself received relatively poor reviews on its original release. It is considered part of his Berlin trilogy, along with Low and "Heroes", although it was recorded in Switzerland and the USA. The influence of electronic German bands such as Kraftwerk was here combined with World Music and New Wave styles to produce a more Garage band style. The album has since been critically re-evaluated, although it still remains one of his more obscure recordings.
The album itself received relatively poor reviews on its original release. It is considered part of his Berlin trilogy, along with Low and "Heroes", although it was recorded in Switzerland and the USA. The influence of electronic German bands such as Kraftwerk was here combined with World Music and New Wave styles to produce a more Garage band style. The album has since been critically re-evaluated, although it still remains one of his more obscure recordings.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Lodger (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography on cardboard. |
| Brief description | Part of a cardboard mobile advertising David Bowie's 1979 album Lodger. |
| Physical description | Rectangular cut-out printed to look like a postcard, with black typography on a cream background. Printed identically on both sides, although there is some handwriting on one side. There is a small notch in the top centre which was used to hang it by string to the main part of the mobile. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Love Tom' (Written in blue pen on one side of the object.) |
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| Summary | This oversized postcard was part of a cut-out promotional mobile produced to advertise David Bowie's 1979 album Lodger. It originally would have hung below a larger piece printed with the photographic artwork from the album's gatefold cover, featuring Bowie as an accident victim with a broken nose. The album itself received relatively poor reviews on its original release. It is considered part of his Berlin trilogy, along with Low and "Heroes", although it was recorded in Switzerland and the USA. The influence of electronic German bands such as Kraftwerk was here combined with World Music and New Wave styles to produce a more Garage band style. The album has since been critically re-evaluated, although it still remains one of his more obscure recordings. |
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| Accession number | S.914-2010 |
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| Record created | September 7, 2010 |
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