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 From his sketches and drawings to clothing and a car, "Growing
Up Kurt Cobain" will display dozens of Cobain's personal items,
some of them never seen before by the public.
His daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, and mother, Wendy O'Connor,
will be among the singer's relatives attending the opening at
the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, 50 km (30 miles)
southwest of Dublin.
Cobain, who had Irish ancestry, died in 1994 at the age of 27
from a self-inflicted gunshot.
"I have always been the most intimately informed of who my
father was by my grandmother and aunts," Frances Bean Cobain
said in a statement sent to Reuters.
"I am so ecstatic that their view of who Kurt was gets to be
celebrated with Nirvana fans the world over."
Fans of Cobain, who popularized grunge rock in the early 1990s,
will be able to see the striped green sweater he wore in the
video for Nirvana's 1991 hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and his
MTV Video award for the same song.
The singer's childhood drawings of cartoon characters,
handwritten lyrics and powder-blue 1965 Dodge Dart car will also
be on display.
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"With this exhibition we hope to bring the focus back to Kurt's
roots, vision and artistic genius, to inspire everyone not to
lose their creativity and childlike wonder," Cobain's sister Kim
Cobain said.
The small museum in County Kildare has outfits worn by the likes
of Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly on display,
and has previously hosted exhibitions dedicated to Michael
Jackson and Prince.
The museum's owner, William Doyle, who is also chief executive
of jewelry and homeware maker Newbridge Silverware, said the
idea of a Kurt Cobain exhibition stemmed from his friendship
with the singer's family.
"The family have this feeling that they are bringing him back
home," he said.
"Growing Up Kurt Cobain" opens on July 19 and runs until
end-September.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Hanna Rantala; Editing
by Robin Pomeroy)
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