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The new...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TO SHOW MICHAEL JACKSON ART EXHIBIT\u003cbr/\u003e              A new art exhibition in London depicts Michael Jackson as a savior, a saint, an entertainer, an icon, a monarch, a mask and a mystery. \u003cbr/\u003e              The new National Portrait Gallery show explores how many contemporary artists have been drawn to the late King of Pop, as an artistic inspiration, a tragic figure and a fascinating enigma.\u003cbr/\u003e              Gathering work by 48 artists from around the world, the show includes Jackson-inspired paintings, photographs, videos, textiles and ceramics. \u003cbr/\u003e              It ranges from 1980s pop-art portraits by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring to David LaChapelle's depictions of a Christ-like Jackson and Kehinde Wiley's vast portrait of the entertainer as a king on horseback. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It seems timely to do this exhibition nine years after he died and the year in which he would have turned 60-years-old,\" says curator Nicholas Cullinan.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think we can now begin to think about Michael Jackson in a slightly more historical perspective and think about what he accomplished, in terms of breaking down barriers, but also what he represented and symbolised to many different people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Jackson had already been a child star when he became an international icon in 1983 with the release of \"Thriller,\" one of the best-selling albums of all time. \u003cbr/\u003e              His music, moves, style and innovations in staging and video had a huge impact on popular culture. \u003cbr/\u003e              He also struggled with the limelight and died in 2009 of a prescription drug overdose at age 50. \u003cbr/\u003e              The exhibition includes works that reflect on what Jackson meant to his fans, his place in African-American culture, the way he manipulated fame - and the way fame manipulated him. \u003cbr/\u003e              US artist Todd Gray, who worked for Jackson as a photographer in the 1970s and 80s, recalls him as a sweet-natured youth.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              London, UK, 27 June 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of \"In Memory of Michael Jackson 1958-2008\" by Yan Pei-Ming 2017 on display at the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibit \"Michael Jackson: On the Wall\"\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of \"Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson)\" by Kehinde Wiley 2010\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of \"Black Ebony II\" by Lyle Ashton Harris 2010\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Various of \"The King of Pop (#135)\" by Mark Ryden \u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various of \"Michael Jackson\" by Mr. Brainwash 2014\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of \"An Illuminating Path\"' by David LaChapelle 1998\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Tilt down of \"Dangerous\" themed gateway\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Tokyo, Japan, 9 March 2007\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Mid of Michael Jackson onstage laughing, waving his arms and singing \"You Are Not Alone\" with fans\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: London, UK,16 February 1996\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of Michael Jackson arriving for BRIT awards, greeting fans\u003cbr/\u003e              ++4:3++\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Johannesburg, South Africa - 18 July 1996\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Mid of Michael Jackson walking across airport tarmac\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              London, UK, 27 June 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              11 . SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Cullinan, Curator:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well, the exhibition includes 48 artists from different generations, different parts of the world, different perspectives and working across all media, whether it's Yan Pei-Ming and painting, sculpture, video, installation, you name it. So, it's an extraordinary array of artists and what's fascinating is to think how one person, Michael Jackson, inspired all these different artists.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Various of \"Who's Bad?\" by Faith Ringgold 1988\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of \"Dancing on Air\" by Emma Amos 1989\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Various of \"Untitled (Jesus aged 43)\" by Johannes Kahrs 2015\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various of Michael Jackson's \"Dinner jacket\" by Michael Lee Bush\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Tilt down of \"Sex and Drugs and Earthenware\" by Grayson Perry\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Cullinan, Curator:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It seems timely to do this exhibition nine years after he died and the year in which he would have turned 60-years-old. And I think we can now begin to think about Michael Jackson in a slightly more historical perspective and think about what he accomplished, in terms of breaking down barriers, but also what he represented and symbolised to many different people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Tilt up microphones on display in middle of exhibit room\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Various of \"Dizz\" by Todd Gray 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Various of \"Atlanta by Boat\"' by Todd Gray 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Various of \"Hands\" by Todd Gray 2016 \u003cbr/\u003e              22. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Gray, Photographer and Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"He has changed so much over the years that we all have our own idea of who Michael is, and it depends on how old we are, what generation we're from, that we fixate on that. So, I wanted to represent him, I wanted to address that phenomenon by obscuring his face so that you have to evoke the image that you have of him and that you'll think of him not as a celebrity, but as a man of colour from African descent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Various of \"Bedside Table\" by Catherine Opie 2010-11\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Various of \"Untitled\" by Keith Haring 1984\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Various of \"Off the Wall\" by Graham Dolphin\u003cbr/\u003e              26. SOUNDBITE (English) Graham Dolphin, Visual Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think Spike Lee has an interesting take on him, talks about him as being a very influential black figure now and particularly him as a child, very kind of prominent black figure. But because of his transforming nature of his own self and his own physical self, he kind of almost went beyond that. He kind of went beyond gender and race almost in a strange ... kind of morphing through that. And that's why the fascination I think for visually-based artists keep looking at him as a figure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Various of balloons and dance shoes installation\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Mid of \"Michael\" by Mark Flood 1984\u003cbr/\u003e              29. Wide of \"Michael Jackson\" by Andy Warhol 1984\u003cbr/\u003e              30. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Gray, Photographer and Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Looking back, I hadn't seen any human with that much talent, that much creative imagination in the music scene. And so, I thought; 'He could not have come here.' And so, I thought of Sun Ra, Sun Ra the jazz musician who said he came from Saturn, so I figured Michael Jackson must be in that same lineage and he came from the cosmos, here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Wide of exhibit\u003cbr/\u003e              32. Tilt up of \"Dangerous\" themed gateway\u003cbr/\u003e              33. 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