article_snippet: But David Bowie appears to have taken things to a new level.
article_snippet: David Bowie now plans to add The star, 68 to an official archive documenting David Bowie career.
article_snippet: David Bowie attention was reportedly drawn to the items by a team David Bowie employs to monitor the art world for pieces inspired by David Bowie life.
article_snippet: Image from David Bowie's Aladdin Sane LP cover .
article_snippet: The Man who Fell to Earth was rediscovered by London-based artist Mark Wardel who began making replicas of David Bowie’s face for fans, decorating an original cast of the glam rock star’s face taken in the seventies to promote his film The Man who Fell to Earth with designs including the classic lightning bolt look used on the cover of 1973 album Aladdin Sane.
article_snippet: Wardel was recently contacted by David Bowie’s agents who said The Man who Fell was interested in purchasing all the others that The Man who Fell had in The Man who Fell collection.
article_snippet: When asked if David Bowie paid well for the pieces, Wardel replied:
article_snippet: but I was told David Bowie employs people to keep a look out for people making images or art work of The Man who Fell.
article_snippet: I spent days making two of them and sent them off to New York and got a message back saying David Bowie loved them and thought them were gorgeous.
article_snippet: David Bowie now wants to buy the whole set.
article_snippet: Because of David Bowie’s interest I have now had to take them off the market.
article_snippet: I am now making more to send to David Bowie
article_snippet: A touring exhibition of items from David Bowie has been arranged by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
article_snippet: David Bowie David Bowie Is exhibition brings together more than 400 objects from the David Bowie Archives for the first time – including handwritten lyrics, original costumes, photography, set designs and album artwork from the last five decades.
highlights_snippet: to official collection documenting David Bowie career .
  
highlights_snippet: Employs a team to monitor art world for pieces inspired by David Bowie life .
  