Press
release from Barbara McQueen
McQueen
royalty invades England
Barbara
McQueen is taking her exhibition of rare and private photographs of her late
husband across the pond to
The
Barbara,
who had carved a very successful career for herself as a fashion model, met
Steve McQueen in July 1977. It was a time when she was stepping back from
the modeling industry while the superstar was beginning to turn his back on the
trappings of
The two
spent the next three-and-a-half years together, marrying in 1980, the year of
Steve McQueen’s death. During that time she captured wonderful and unique
images of the very private McQueen allowed to no one else.
Barbara
soon discovered that the screen legend she had idolized from afar was a
determined individualist who loved vintage planes, motorcycles and cars and
admired the men who flew and drove them above all others.
“I knew the
man, not the movie star,” says Barbara McQueen.
Her
photographs record a behind-the-scenes life of personal pleasures and
enthusiasms – hitting the road in Steve’s many pickup trucks, visiting
collectors’ shows and swap meets, driving 700 miles for a rare World War
I motorcycle, flying a vintage mail plane, and generally ducking out on
the movie industry.
But when
work did call, Barbara was also on hand to capture marvelous candid shots on
the sets of McQueen’s last two films – “Tom Horn” and “The Hunter.”
The show
offers a privileged insight into a previously unseen side of one of the 20th
century’s most charismatic and admired stars, and a rare treat for collectors
and fans.
The
For more
information, call 020 7637 7441 or visit http://www.mpag.co.uk/stevemcqueen.htm.
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