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Francis Bacon: A Retrospective [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Dennis Farr (Autor)
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  • Gebundene Ausgabe: 264 Seiten
  • Verlag: Harry N. Abrams (1. März 1999)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0810940116
  • ISBN-13: 978-0810940116
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 28,8 x 25,1 x 2,6 cm
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This book accompanies the traveling retrospective that inaugurated the newly reopened Yale Center for British Art in January 1999. Francis Bacon (1909-1992), the eminent British painter known for his large, colorful, and grotesque paintings of the human body, was very controlling of what was written about his work during his lifetime; this book marks the first time that each painting is individually discussed in print. Included in the book are essays that provide great insight into Bacon's life and personality. Especially revealing is an essay by Michael Peppiatt, Bacon's close friend and biographer (he wrote Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma). Bacon lived a life of heavy drinking, gambling, and socializing, and Peppiatt discusses this lifestyle in relation to the work: "Bacon himself pretended he painted particularly well with a hangover. 'My mind simply crackles with electricity after one of those evenings.'"

Along with beautiful reproductions of the paintings are some photographs of Bacon's studio, which is astounding in its filth. The floor is littered with various detritus; brushes and paint tubes are everywhere. Bacon's intensity is as evident in these studio shots as in the paintings with contorted figures and grimacing, bruise-colored faces. You can practically watch the human body decay in front of your eyes. --Jennifer Cohen

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Bacon's first U.S. retrospective took place in 1963 at the Guggenheim Museum. Now, seven years after his death, another retrospective is traveling the country, accompanied by this richly illustrated and enlightening volume. Photographs of the artist and of his astonishingly cluttered studio provide a context for Bacon's masterfully unnerving paintings of wildly contorted figures seemingly held captive in vacant and menacing surroundings. A self-described "late developer," Bacon, born in 1909, grew up in perilous circumstances as the son of English parents living in Dublin, and as a homosexual. Banished by his father at age 16, Bacon learned to fend for himself in a world where his sexual orientation was a crime. Even after he became famous, he maintained "an aura of secrecy," although now what was hidden was his artistic process. Bacon always preferred to let his paintings speak for themselves, but he did confer with his biographer, Michael Peppiatt, and several of their conversations as well as three excellent essays provide the text for his technically superb, grotesque yet intensely human images. Donna Seaman
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A Bacon Treasure 23. Januar 2000
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If you want to add an extraordinary book to your library, this is the one to buy. Francis Bacon's works, and words, are presented in a profoundly moving volume,with exquisite reproductions and intelligent essays by curators and friends.

Bacon's haunting, provocative creatures writhe with intense agony. They reflect an inborn fatality and atheism, and are relentless in their unflinching starkness of vision. He asks no mercy, gives no quarter, and stubbornly refuses to soften the nihilism of his views.

If you can't afford one of his canvases, this book is an admirable substitute.

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A flawed masterpiece? 15. Juli 1999
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At first glance, this catalog is a marvel--heavy paper stock, literate commentary. On closer examination, however, you'll note that in several cases, the colour plates do not reflect the paintings' reality. To wit, the Lucien Freud triptych, where the background color field's yellow is substantially different from the work as viewed in the Retrospective. This problem appears in several other plates. But the worst lapse is in the Morrocan landscape (title escapes me at the moment). That catalog image is actually REVERSED, or 'flopped' in photo terms.Note the red in the foreground is on the wrong side of the painting. How could Abrams makes such a serious error? For a volume costing $60, no less. Anyone who has the good fortune to view this magnificent exhibit will see the problems.
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What I found most appealing about this retrospective (and by extension, the exhibition that it catalogs) is the great variety of material that is covered. In many collections of Bacon's work, certain (generally earlier) facets of his ouvre (the wild animals, the paintings of Van Gogh, etc) are glossed over in favor of others (the Crucifixions, his output during the 60's, the portraits of George Dyer, etc). This retrospective, however, gives an amazingly well-balanced view of the artist's career.

Even though some of Bacon's "major" paintings, like "Painting (1946)" and "Study After Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" are not included, this is more than made up for by the sheer variety of the material that has been covered. The commentary that accompanies the paintings is good, and while not extensive, the biographical information and snippets of interviews are very compelling. Anyone with an appreciation for Bacon's work should have this book.

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