Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory and Head of the School of the Arts, University of Hull In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis ... up here. Bacon’s is an art of intimacy ...
It’s an Abstract Expressionist ... ve seen in art over the past 20 years, there are plenty of works in this essential ...
In this excerpt, Julian Jebb interviews Francis Bacon about his contemporaries in the art world, his working practices and his personal philosophies, such as his belief that true abstract painting ...
In this lauded interview, Bacon reveals his artistic influences, details his tightrope walk between abstract ... the artist on his work. They were published as a book, Interviews with Francis ...
In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as a monumental ... Come too close and everything dissolves into a powdery splat. Bacon’s is an art of intimacy, predominantly ...