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The "One Love Experience", at London's Saatchi
Gallery for the next 10 weeks before heading on a multi-city
tour, features memorabilia, photographs and personal items.
These range from the original handwritten lyrics of "Turn Your
Lights Down Low" to shoes Marley wore in the 1970s.
Born in 1945 in the rural Jamaican town of Nine Mile, Marley
became a global superstar with hits such as "No Woman, No Cry"
and "One Love". He died of melanoma cancer in 1981 aged 36.
"The hope is to take the feeling of Bob Marley and the spirit of
One Love," said curator Jonathan Shank.
Marley's daughter Cedella, who helped curate the exhibition,
said she was pleased with the interactivity, particularly in the
room dedicated to Marley's sport interests.
"Really beautiful pictures of daddy playing football," she said.
"It's very sensory. That was the aim and I think we have done
it."
Cedella used her visit to London to go to her father's 1970s
home at nearby Oakley Street in Chelsea, where he stayed while
recording music.
"I have never been there before, so it was my first time," she
said. "Daddy used to live in that place ... And I can see why
because the park is just across the street, so he could play
football and just go back to jamming."
Marley's 18-year-old grandson Saiyan said London must have been
special to Marley as he chose there to get away after an
assassination attempt.
"I feel like every year I just learn something new about him,"
Saiyan told Reuters.
"I just want to carry his legacy, and hold it down for gramps,
you know."
(Reporting by Edward Baran; Editing by Karishma Singh and
Cynthia Osterman)
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