David Bowie Mugshot

This limited edition screen print depicts a young Bowie arrested in 1976. Bowie was arrested for marijuana possession having been caught smoking dope with Iggy Pop in a Hotel in Rochester, upstate New York, following a gig he played there. Studwell’s work focusses on celebrity and the dark side of fame.

His mugshot series explores the vulnerabilities and flaws of celebrities often hidden from public view but highlighted in these raw and public images; revealing cracks in the people we hold in such high esteem.

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Studwell’s mugshot series explores the vulnerabilities and flaws of celebrities often hidden from public view but highlighted in these raw and public images; revealing cracks in the people we hold in such high esteem.

The pop-style punch comes across here on screen. It is much harder for us to show the beautiful quality of Studwell’s masterful silk screen technique that makes his work so well loved and coveted.