An exhibition celebrating the pop culture power of Michael Jackson is scheduled to open in Paris on Friday.

 

一场纪念流行天王迈克尔·杰克逊的展览周五将在巴黎举行。
 

 

The exhibition "Michael Jackson: On the Wall" was originally shown at London's National Portrait Gallery but has come to Paris with new works added, including a greater focus on his impact on choreography.

 

National Portrait Gallery Director Nicholas Cullinan says the late pop star's reach attracted a public who don't often visit London's galleries.

 

"In a way it's fitting that someone who cut through barriers and divides and cut across those and was very inclusive and one of the most popular figures, but also quite radical¹, that that was mirrored by the response to the show (in London). So 34 percent of the visitors had never been to the (National Portrait) gallery before, 34 percent were ethnic² minority, 34 percent were under 24, not just under 40 or under 35 but under 24, and those are the audiences that certainly often museums in London struggle to attract and they came en masse for this show."

 

Elsewhere in the exhibition, artist Kehinde Wiley's "Equestrian³ Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson)" was the last commissioned portrait of the singer before his death, and it shows him in regal mode, wearing armour⁴ and riding a horse.

 

Jackson, dubbed⁵ the 'King of Pop', died at the age of 50 in 2009 after an overdose of prescribed medicines.

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