Francis Bacon, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, speaks openly to his close friend Archimbaud about his life and art. The interviews took place in Bacon's studio just before his death in 1992. Francis Bacon was a self-taught painter and yet went on to become one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, his startling studies of distorted figures in airless, enclosed spaces seeming to capture the alienation and despair of modern man. In this book he speaks frankly to his close friend Michel Archimbaud about the influences which have shaped his art. Bacon punctuates his answers with disparaging remarks about a whole host of artists including amongst others Rubens, Blake, Monet, Cezanne, Picasso, Shakespeare, Wagner and Debussy. Archimbaud's searching questions shed a new light on Bacon's work. These interviews took place in Bacon's studio between October 1991 and April 1992. They were to continue in Paris following Bacon's trip to Madrid but he died in Madrid on 28 April 1992. As such they can be seen as his last vision.
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This selection of interviews has many good things about it. It spends a lot of time asking about the relationship between music and painting. Not through the natural flow of the interview but instead at the initiative of Archiumbaud. To do this is to move off the track of the main point which is the painting of Francis Bacon.
I doubt that anyone hears music when they look at Bacon's work. The other book of interviews is better but this one is still well worth reading.
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if your an artist or lover of Bacon's work...,
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This review is from: Francis Bacon: In Coversation with Michel Archimbaud (Paperback)
this is the best book so far to describe Bacon's thought's and inner working's of his creations.I bought this title in a book store, but wanted to say that it's hard to come by and may be out of print.If you want to know the artist, if choosing one book, this is the book to have.
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