the david bowie exhibition at the victoria and albert museum was in my own humble opinion londons way of saying thank you to the artist. it was excellent in all ways although i expected much more, i would have liked there to have been a more detailed document of his music and art but i guess one has to recognize i'm a bowie nut and know a fairly detailed amount of information about his work. the exhibition caters to those who are not so informed. 
it's a brilliant space aesthetically, the design of the exhibition is excellent from the small little digital guides provided that pick up sensors in the floor surrounding each exhibition display to the range of bowie material but i found the museums signs that were arranged around the exhibition starting with the line, 'bowie is..? very off putting, mostly these were obvious statements and all were subjective. it's enough to say bowie is the single most influential artist of the 20th century rather than spell out the sound bytes and pr lines.
there were costumes and photographs but mostly these can be seen on the net, there were some recordings of bowie and visconti in the studio chatting away and there were lots of rare footage of concerts and snippets from his films. the rooms were packed out, lot's off people from all over the world, everyone in awe of the other, for this is an iconic figure that transcends generations and has touched us all in some way.
i think i'll revisit next week and have a closer look, but i felt satisfied that it was an excellent all round testimonial to his art and influence. 
the no cameras or photography was a bit sad but jake managed to sneak one shot.