Amy Winehouse's life, music and legacy are celebrated in an exhibition that opens to the public at the Design Museum in London on Friday, ten years after the iconic British singer's death at just 27.
This exhibition, titled
Amy: Beyond the Stage
, seeks to explore the creativity of the British soul diva, while paying homage to her very eclectic influences, from the "
queen of the blues
" Dinah Washington to DJ Mark Ronson, passing by 1960s pop, Motown and jazz.
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“
What we have tried to do with this exhibition is to tell her story as a creative person, as an incredible musician, as a fashion icon, but also to include rare items including her fans may have heard of it but have never seen it before,
”Maria McLintock, deputy curator of the exhibition, told AFP.
There are handwritten lyrics from unreleased albums that have never been shown before and her very first guitar bought when she was a teenager, she explains.
Photos of British singer Amy Winehouse taken by photographers Jake Chessum, Karen Robinson and Phil Knott.
Daniel LEAL / AFP
Amy Winehouse died on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27, of massive alcoholism.
The Briton, multi-awarded for her album
Back to Black
in 2006, had always put a lot of her personal experiences in her songs, imbued with jazz and soul influences.
She often spoke there about her alcohol and drug addiction problems, which ended up affecting her performance and arousing the interest of the paparazzi eager for a photo of her at worst.
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“
I hope that people who visit this show will see that she was very intelligent and a very refined musician
,” says Maria McLintock.
“
Something that was really nice to see is that there are a lot of young people who certainly didn't grow up with Amy but who are very excited to visit this exhibit.
It therefore clearly continues to inspire young artists
”.
A sign of the interest that the singer still arouses, the dress worn during her last concert was sold at the beginning of November for 243,200 dollars, approximately 217,000 euros, or 16 times more than its estimated value, at an auction. organized in California.
