Interviews with Francis Bacon: The Brutality of Fact
Regular price £16.95'In this collection of interviews, Bacon gives the most complete account of his views on art and life to be found anywhere. Perceptive, caustic and often funny, his remarks are memorable' - The Art Newspaper
The extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester
In the book, a classic of its kind, Bacon considers the problems of realism and sheds new light on aspects of his life. With a rare and brilliant use of language, Bacon talks about his aims as a painter and ways in which he works, responding always with vivacity and candour to Sylvester's searching questions.
Bacon's obsessive effort to record and re-create the human form, his practice of making variation on old masters' painting and on photographs, his dependence on chance, and his views about the way in which his work has been interpreted are only some of the many subjects discussed and investigated in depth during these historic encounters.
Details
- Author: David Sylvester
- Paperback: 232 pages | 141 illustrations
- Date published: September 2016
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0500292532
- Dimensions: 23.0 x 15.7 cm
