"Ever since its first publication, this book - with its subsequent revised and augmented editions - has been considered a classic of its kind, and that reputation has become worldwide. As a discussion of problems of making art today it has been widely influential not only among …
The extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester amount to a unique statement by Bacon on his art and on art in general. This ed. originally published: as The brutality of fact. 1987.
"This book ... has been considered a classic of its kind. As a discussion of the problems of making art it has been widely influential not only among artists but among writers and musicians. It has also been seen as the most revealing portrait that exists of one of the most sing…
"This book ... has been considered a classic of its kind. As a discussion of the problems of making art it has been widely influential not only among artists but among writers and musicians. It has also been seen as the most revealing portrait that exists of one of the most sing…
Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines--including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psy…
"Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines--including religious studies, gender and queer studies, ps…