London | Amy Winehouse’s legacy at the heart of an exhibition

(London) The life, music and legacy of Amy Winehouse are celebrated in an exhibition that opens to the public at the London Design Museum on Friday, 10 years after the iconic British singer’s death at just 27 .

This exhibition, entitled Amy: Beyond the Stage, seeks to explore the creativity of the British soul diva, while paying homage to her eclectic influences, from “blues queen” Dinah Washington to DJ Mark Ronson, to 1960s pop, Motown and Jazz.

“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.

Amy Winehouse died on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27, of massive alcoholism.

The Briton, multiple awards for her album Back to Black in 2006, had always put a lot of his personal experiences in his songs, imbued with jazz and soul influences.

She often spoke there about her problems with alcohol and drug addiction, which ended up affecting her performance and arousing the interest of the paparazzi eager for a photo of her at worst.

“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 still aroused by the singer, the dress worn during her last concert was sold in early November for $ 243,200, or 16 times more than its estimated value, at an auction held in California. .