Starman 1.5 (Blood Moon) – DL

This ‘Blood Moon’ variant, from a screen-print series honouring the phenomenon who was David Bowie, was first released in Novak’s solo show ‘Starman – A Tribute to David Bowie’ with 12 Gallery in Auckland.

Bowie was more than just a musician, his androgenous appearance challenged stereotypes, he created chameleon like personas and experimented with outlandish fashion. Creatively he also innovated with early computers to generate random lyrics. Truly a unique individual.

He will forever be linked to space (and the stars) prompting this visual association, with Novak presenting him as the ‘man in the moon’.

A Blood Moon is another name given to a total lunar eclipse, during which reflected light makes the moon appear red.

Medium: 8-layer screen-print with gloss lacquer on white serigraph board. One of the last from an edition of only 15.