Michael Jackson Kostüme werden Teil einer Eröffnungsausstellung im "African American History Museum"
August 30, 2016
Michael Jackson's Costumes Show Why Nobody Can Beat the King of Pop When it Comes to Style
Outfits from the Jackson’s “Victory” tour will be part of an inaugural exhibition at the African American History Museum
Even in an era where new pop music is as ubiquitous as coffee shops and
music royalty like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Kanye West make headlines
nearly every day, Michael Jackson still reigns king as the best-selling
artist of all time.According to the Recording Industry of America, last
year Jackson’s Thriller was the first album to be certified platinum 30
times, and has sold 32 million copies to date. For comparison purposes,
behind Thriller are the Eagles’ and Billy Joel’s greatest hits albums at
29 million and 23 million albums respectively.
In a gushing Rolling Stone review from 1983, Chris Connelly noted that
Thriller’s producer, the acclaimed Quincy Jones, was “working with what
might be pop music’s most spectacular instrument: Michael Jackson’s
voice. Where lesser artists need a string section or a lusty blast from a
synthesizer, Jackson need only sing to convey deep, heartfelt
emotion.”In 1988, following a show at Madison Square Garden, the New
York Times asked, “Can anyone, then, dance like Michael Jackson? Only if
you can rise up on your toes without toe shoes, stay there, and keep up
what is basically a nonstop two-hour solo.”
But it wasn’t just the angelic voice and mind-boggling dance moves that
solidified Jackson’s throne in pop royalty history, it was also his
unapologetically fabulous style underscoring each toe stand, heel pivot
and crotch grab.In his autobiography Moonwalk, Jackson wrote, “my
attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.” Now
some of Jackson’s rebellious pieces—a black sequined silk jacket, an
equally-sequined red, white and blue shirt, and his signature fedora—are
part of the collections at the National Museum of African American
History and Culture and will be on view in the museum’s inaugural
exhibition “Musical Crossroads.” The show is chockablock with iconic
treasures tracing musical traditions and genres from gospel to rock ‘n’
roll to hip-hop.
“I think of Michael Jackson as kind of a sophisticated yet glamorous and
otherworldly persona when he put on these clothes,” says Dwandalyn
Reece, a curator of music at the museum who organized the exhibition.
“That’s the Michael Jackson of that period. Obviously he morphed into
different images since the Thriller heyday. But his clothes were really
about him projecting who he was and who he likes to see himself as.”
Jackson wore these sparkly costume pieces on stage in 1984 during the
six-month Victory tour, a series of concerts he performed alongside his
brothers. Though the tour, named after the Jacksons’ 1983 album,
featured all six Jackson brothers, it was clear that the crowds were
there for Michael— Thriller hit the top charts almost two years earlier.
Jackson’s domination of the music world at that time is evident in the
media coverage from the era. In an end-of-year review of popular music
in 1984, Robert Palmer, the late New York Times music critic wrote about
the tour:
His undeniable electric stage presence, which sent fans into screaming
fits, was only amplified by his sharp and shining stage style. The
sequined jacket is the design of Bill Whitten, the designer also
responsible for Michael Jackson’s famous white glove. The two sparkly
shirts and the fedora will be on display in the “Beyond Category”
section of the exhibition, sharing the limelight with artifacts from
Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Nina Simone and other groundbreaking
artists.
Jackson was certainly beyond category. His exquisite voice, seamless
dance moves, and eccentric fashion were unparalleled by other artists of
the time and continue to influence artists today. At Super Bowl 50,
today’s queen of pop Beyoncé recalled Michael Jackson’s image, sporting a
military-style black and gold jacket similar to the one Jackson wore
during his own Super Bowl performance in 1993.
Many other celebrities have stepped out in Jackson-inspired outfits, and
Lady Gaga even purchased some of his most famous pieces at auction. And
designers have looked to Jackson for style vision such as French brand
Balmain did with its spring 2009 collection featuring what Vogue dubbed
“Drummer-boy Michael Jackson jackets.”
“He’s not the only pioneer but he certainly paved the way for all the
entrepreneurs and artists that we have today who are doing a variety of
things not only in the studio but in the industry,” Reece says. “I think
we have Michael to thank for a lot of that.”
SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
Michael Jackson Outfits , die er während der "Victory" Tour getragen hat
, werden Teil einer Eröffnungsausstellung im " African American History
Museum" in Washington , das am 24. September 2016 eingeweiht wird.
Tickets für dieses erste und einzige Museum zur afro-amerikanischen
Geschichte sind bereits ausverkauft.Die Grundsteinlegung erfolgte 2012
durch President Obama und Barbara Bush ...
Michael Jackson Kostüme zeigen, warum niemand den King of Pop schlagen kann, wenn es um Stil geht.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/smithsonian-new-museum-mic…/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/
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