Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in WordsAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 16 May 2024
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A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th centuryâ?Ts most influential and important artists. The documents selected for Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words illustrate Baconâ?Ts sharp wit and ability to express complex ideas in highly personal, memorable language. Included here are not only letters to friends, patrons and fellow artists, but also intriguing notes and lists of paintings. They often come with a sketch as an aide-mAcmoire or an injunction to himself as he worked in the studio, and many have only come to light since his death. Baconâ?Ts letters mirror and reveal his dominant preoccupations at different points throughout his long career. Most of Baconâ?Ts letters have never been published and include several that he wrote to the author. Particularly intriguing is the record of a dream that he jotted down, outlining impossibly beautiful paintings he had conjured up in his sleep. Together with photographs, archive material and works by the artist are numerous reproductions of Baconâ?Ts characteristic handwriting, from the briefest jottings and notes to more extensive letters and statements. Bacon frequently came up with memorable epithets and definitions. He delighted in doing with words what he set out to do in painting: 'I like phrases that cut me.' Michael Peppiatt explores the personal legacy of one of the 20th centuryâ?Ts most important painters and presents a compelling verbal self-portrait that reveals both man and artist.
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