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    Irish born painter known for his graphic and raw imagery Many of depict isolated framed by geometric and rendered in violent colours. His work is said to be a chain of ideas created by the many images that he looks at and which he has on subjects. What generates your distorted figures and This came out of desire to paint toward an image.

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    Francis Bacon: An Imagined Interview

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    Irish born painter known for his graphic and raw imagery Many of depict isolated framed by geometric and rendered in violent colours. His work is said to be a chain of ideas created by the many images that he looks at and which he has on subjects. What generates your distorted figures and This came out of desire to paint toward an image.

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    FrancisBacon

    AnImaginedInterview

    FrancisBacon
    IrishbornBri6shpainter(28October190928 April1992) gura6vepainterknownforhisbold,austere, graphicandemo6onallyrawimagery ManyofBacon'spain6ngsdepictisolatedgures, oJenframedbygeometricconstruc6ons,and renderedinsmeared,violentcolours Hispain6ngsoJensuggestanger,horror,and degrada6on

    Whatisthemo6va6onforyourwork?
    Ipainttoexcitemyself,andmakesomething formyself.

    Itissaidyouusephotographsand imageryassourcesforyourworks, howdoesthisinuencewhatyoudo?


    Imageshelpmendandrealizeideas.Ilookat hundredsofverydierent,contras6ngimages andIpinchdetailsfromthem,ratherlike peoplewhoeatfromotherpeople'splates.

    Soyoucouldsayinasenseyouarelike amagpie?
    Yesyoucouldsaythat.Myworkbecomesa chainofideascreatedbythemanyimages thatIlookatandwhichIhaveregistered, oJenoncontras6ngsubjects.

    Whatgeneratesyourdefaced, distortedguresandimagery?
    Thisdefacing,cameoutofdesiretopaint towardanimage.Ideformedandreformed thehumanbodybecausemodernsociety wantsasensa6onwithoutconveyance.

    SelfPortrait1976

    Asidefrombrushesandpaints,doyou useanyotherinstrumentsormethods inyourwork?


    Iuseallsortsofthingstoworkwith:old brooms,oldsweaters,andallkindsof peculiartoolsandmaterials...

    Doyousketchoutyourpicturesbefore youpaint?
    NoIneverworkfromasketch,Ijustapplypaint straightontounprimedcanvas.Ilikethewaythe paintsoaksintothematerial,makingitimpossibleto eraseonceapplied.ThisamethodIhavestuckwith.

    StudyforaPortrait'1953

    Doyouan6cipatehowyouwantyour imagetolookbeforeyoupaint?
    Iwantaveryorderedimage,butIwantitto comeaboutbychance

    InMemoryofGeorgeDyer1971

    Soyoudontreallyplanapain6ng?
    IforeseeitandyetIhardlyevercarryitoutas Iforeseeit.Ittransformsitselfbytheactual paint.Idon'tinfactknowveryoJenwhatthe paintwilldo,anditdoesmanythingswhich areverymuchbe\erthanIcouldmakeitdo.

    Canyougiveanexampleofhowthis comesaboutinyourwork?
    Well,oneofthepicturesIdidin1946,theone likeabutcher'sshop,cametomeasanaccident. Iwasa\emp6ngtomakeabirdaligh6ngona eld.Anditmayhavebeenboundupinsome waywiththethreeformsthathadgonebefore, butsuddenlythelinesthatI'ddrawnsuggested somethingtotallydierent,andoutofthis sugges6onarousethispicture.Ihadnointen6on todothispicture;Ineverthoughtofitinthat way.Itwaslikeonecon6nuousaccident moun6ngontopofanother.

    Butchersshop(1946)

    Soyourpain6ngscomeabout organically?
    Allpain6ngisanaccident.Butit'salsonotan accident,becauseonemustselectwhatpart oftheaccidentonechoosestopreserve.

    Triptych1972

    ThreeStudiesforFiguresattheBaseof aCrucixion(1944)

    Canyousaywhatimpelledyoutodoyourperhaps mostfamousThreeStudiesforFiguresattheBaseofa Crucixion?

    I'vealwaysbeenverymovedbypicturesabout slaughterhousesandmeat,andtomethey belongverymuchtothewholethingofthe crucixion.Itappearsbythesephotographsthat theyareawareofwhatisgoingtohappento them,theydoeverythingtoa\empttoescape.I thinkthesepictureswereverymuchbasedon thatkindofthing,whichtomeisverynearthis wholethingofthecrucixion.

    Inpain(ngthisCrucixion,didyouhavethethreecanvasesup simultaneously,ordidyouworkonthemquiteseparately?

    Iworkedonthemseparately,andgradually,as Inishedthem,Iworkedonthethreeacross theroomtogether.Ididinaboutafortnight, whenIwasinabadmoodofdrinking,andI diditundertremendoushangoversanddrink; Isome6meshardlyknewwhatIwasdoing. Andit'soneoftheonlypicturesthatI'vebeen abletodounderdrink.Ithinkperhapsthe drinkhelpedmetobeabitfreer.

    StudyaMerVelzquez'sPortraitofPopeInnocentX1953

    Isthereanypar6cularwayinyoulikeyourworktobe lookedat,orrememberedifyoulike?

    Iwouldlikemypicturestolookasifa humanbeinghadpassedbetween them,likeasnailleavingitstrailofthe humanpresence...asasnailleavesits slime.

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