Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tony Kyriacou / Rex Features (2213557s) Puppet projection of David Bowie's face, 50th birthday concert 1997 'David Bowie Is' exhibition,V&A Museum, London, Britain - 20 Mar 2013 The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie - one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times. David Bowie is(opening next spring), will explore the creative processes of Bowie as a musical innovator and cultural icon, tracing his shifting style and sustained reinvention acrossfive decades.