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Francis Bacon : unsichtbare raume = invisible rooms / herausgegeben von Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Ina Conzen.

Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publisher: Munich : Prestel, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 255 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783791355764
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Contents:
Vorwort = Foreword / Christiane Lange -- Grusswort = Welcome / Axel Nawrath -- Die Realität des Künstlichen : Betrachtungen zu den "unsichtbaren Räumen" von Francis Bacon = The reality of the artificial : Thoughts on Francis Bacon's "invisible rooms" / Ina Conzen -- Gemälde = Paintings -- "Das Bild einfangen" : Francis Bacons Arbeiten auf Papier der Jahre um 1950 bis 1963 = "To trap the image" : Francis Bacon's works on paper c. 1950-1963 / Lauren Barnes -- Zeichnungen = Drawings -- Archivalien = Archive material -- "Paint" und "Colour" : Modi der Farbe bei Francis Bacon = "Paint" and "color" : A closer look at Francis Bacon's pictorial idioms / Pia Littmann -- Bühnen der Sensation : Bildraum und Perspektive bei Francis Bacon = Stages of sensation : Pictoral space and perspective in Francis Bacon / Christian Spies -- Francis Bacon : Vier Wände = Francis Bacon : Four Walls / Martin Lewis Harrison -- Fotografien = Photographs -- "So viel Gewalt in meinen Leben" : Francis Bacon -- eine Kurzbiografie = "Daily violence that I've experienced all my life" : Francis Bacon -- a brief biography.
Summary: Incorporating the insights of 'The Logic of Sensation', French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's seminal criticism of Bacon's work, this volume highlights Bacon's approach to space as one of the defining forces of his work. By organizing the spatial and dramatic structure of his compositions with barely visible cubic or elliptical cages, his figures become trapped in a kind of invisible room. This sense of confinement creates a direct, unsettling impression on the viewer, and further emphasizes the painter's dark vision. This book features stunning reproductions of 40 large-scale paintings, including 'Study for a Portrait' (1952), 'Chimpanzee' (1955), 'Three Studies of the Male Back' (1970), and 'Sand Dune' (1983) as well as a selection of rarely exhibited works on paper. This book also contains a series of essays that explore the range of variation in Bacon's use of isolating constructions over a period of nearly 50 years, as well as the nature of his painting technique and compositions.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Tate Liverpool, 18th May 2016-18th September 2016, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 7th October 2016-8th January, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Vorwort = Foreword / Christiane Lange -- Grusswort = Welcome / Axel Nawrath -- Die Realität des Künstlichen : Betrachtungen zu den "unsichtbaren Räumen" von Francis Bacon = The reality of the artificial : Thoughts on Francis Bacon's "invisible rooms" / Ina Conzen -- Gemälde = Paintings -- "Das Bild einfangen" : Francis Bacons Arbeiten auf Papier der Jahre um 1950 bis 1963 = "To trap the image" : Francis Bacon's works on paper c. 1950-1963 / Lauren Barnes -- Zeichnungen = Drawings -- Archivalien = Archive material -- "Paint" und "Colour" : Modi der Farbe bei Francis Bacon = "Paint" and "color" : A closer look at Francis Bacon's pictorial idioms / Pia Littmann -- Bühnen der Sensation : Bildraum und Perspektive bei Francis Bacon = Stages of sensation : Pictoral space and perspective in Francis Bacon / Christian Spies -- Francis Bacon : Vier Wände = Francis Bacon : Four Walls / Martin Lewis Harrison -- Fotografien = Photographs -- "So viel Gewalt in meinen Leben" : Francis Bacon -- eine Kurzbiografie = "Daily violence that I've experienced all my life" : Francis Bacon -- a brief biography.

Incorporating the insights of 'The Logic of Sensation', French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's seminal criticism of Bacon's work, this volume highlights Bacon's approach to space as one of the defining forces of his work. By organizing the spatial and dramatic structure of his compositions with barely visible cubic or elliptical cages, his figures become trapped in a kind of invisible room. This sense of confinement creates a direct, unsettling impression on the viewer, and further emphasizes the painter's dark vision. This book features stunning reproductions of 40 large-scale paintings, including 'Study for a Portrait' (1952), 'Chimpanzee' (1955), 'Three Studies of the Male Back' (1970), and 'Sand Dune' (1983) as well as a selection of rarely exhibited works on paper. This book also contains a series of essays that explore the range of variation in Bacon's use of isolating constructions over a period of nearly 50 years, as well as the nature of his painting technique and compositions.

Parallel text in German and English.