Hold my face before you…
We’ve been covering this wonderful art form since the whole idea was started by some Dutch types back in January 2006. (01.16.2006 SNIPPET: BOWIE SLEEVES HELP CREATE NEW WORKS OF ART)
Then
It transpires that DB is the most popular artist when it comes to Sleeveface contributions and you can view the majority of the entries
I’ve used the two examples pictured here simply to continue the “Heroes” theme I set the other day. (05.03.2010 NEWS: GUESS THE MIMED ALBUM SLEEVE ON THE QUIETUS & 05.03.2010 NEWS: JEREMY MESSERSMITH PARODIES BOWIE ALBUM COVER )
Here’s a bit from an article regarding the newly-launched Indian version of Sleeveface on
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“We can’t remember exactly, but it was probably David Bowie,” says Roston, independent festival promoter and co-founder of the Sleeveface group on Facebook which has about 16,000 members.
Form-shifting 60s Brit pop star David Bowie has also earned himself the maximum number of Sleeveface photos. It’s little to do with idol worship and more to do with Bowie’s self-obsession. “Bowie just happens to like his head big on almost all his record sleeves,” explains compulsive sleevefacer and London-based magazine art director Christophe Gowans in an e-mail interview.
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Self-obsession? Not sure about that…but the old adage: ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it’ springs to mind. Who wouldn’t want the whole world to see their face as big as possible if it was as good as David Bowie’s?!