- Hardcover: 120 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson; illustrated edition edition (Sep 27 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500510342
- ISBN-13: 978-0500510346
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Documenting the painter's London live/ work space as he left it, 7 Reece Mews: Francis Bacon's Studio lovingly takes stock of the late Irish artist's stacked canvases, crushed paint tubes, shelves of books, bust of Blake, on-the-wall color tests and stacks of assorted ephemera as he left them in 1992. Irish photographer Perry Ogden took the 60 carefully framed color photos here, and Bacon's companion John Edwards contributes an introductory essay. The studio has since been painstakingly packed up and shipped to Dublin's Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.
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One of the most powerful painters of our age, Francis Bacon lived and worked for the last thirty years of his life in a modest building in London's South Kensington. After he died in 1992, access was granted to award-winning photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this riveting record of the house and its contents. In the studio itself, thirty years of inspired artistic endeavor had accumulated unchecked: the slashed and discarded canvases scattered across the floor; the brushes, rags, and tins encrusted with paint; the doors and walls used as impromptu palettes; the piles of photographs of friends and models; the crumpled and torn pages of magazines and books that served as a stimulus for Bacon's work; the notes, sketches, and ideas for paintings jotted down and then cast aside; the last unfinished self-portrait on the easel. For some of those close to Bacon, the studio was a heroic statement, a work of art in its own right, secretly constructed over many years to distill and give form to his aesthetic intentions. Now in this astonishing book we are invited to take a privileged look around this private space, to become intimate witnesses to the amazing conditions in which Bacon lived and worked, to gain unrivaled insights into how, why, and what he painted. 60 color photographs.
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An unusual, beautiful little book for the shelves of Francis Bacon fans. The photographs are beautiful, exhaustively document this legendary, but little known space, and have a haunting quality that complements other Bacon monographs. One senses the vibrancy of the artist's life, and only then the realization that, but for the fact he is deceased, the reader would not be holding this book and having this "privileged" view. Very strange!
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'Finding Order in Chaos': The Creative Space of Francis Bacon,
By Grady Harp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 7 Reece Mews Francis Bacons Studio (Hardcover)
Views of the studio at 7 Reece Mews in South Kensington, London, where Francis Bacon spent the last thirty years of his life from 1961 - 1992, inform us of many aspects of Bacon's life and art. The studio is notorious among artists' studios in that it is nearly non-navigable, so strew are the walls and floors and easels with the memorabilia and photos, drawings and articles that ultimately resulted in some of the most exciting art created in the 20th Century.This very fine book represents a catalogue of the project to move Bacon's studio intact to Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin where the curators have seized on documenting every tube, brush, tossed away sketch, collaged photos, small reproductions of famous artists' works (such as the Velasquez popes), bits of cloth and canvas, and photos of his models, his lovers, and his associates - a daunting task but one so important that it takes this book to define. Richly photographed by Perry Ogden who manages to capture the atmosphere of claustrophobia that pervades the studio, this book is indispensable to the scholars who find Bacon's visual influences as important as his paintings. The writing that accompanies this photographic essay is highly informative and immensely readable: Gallery Director Barbara Dawson offers a probing insightful examination of Bacon's personal and artistic history in 'Francis Bacon's Studio: A Stimulating Solitude' and the Curator of the Francis Bacon Collection essays 'Finding order in chaos: Francis Bacon's Studio contents'. Though the book is small (61 pages) it is of utmost importance to those fascinated with the expressionist art of Bacon. An added bonus is a brief but thorough Timeline of Bacon's life. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Essential coda,
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This review is from: 7 Reece Mews Francis Bacons Studio (Hardcover)
An unusual, beautiful little book for the shelves of Francis Bacon fans. The photographs are beautiful, exhaustively document this legendary, but little known space, and have a haunting quality that complements other Bacon monographs. One senses the vibrancy of the artist's life, and only then the realization that, but for the fact he is deceased, the reader would not be holding this book and having this "privileged" view. Very strange!
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Plowing through the glorious debris,
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This review is from: 7 Reece Mews Francis Bacons Studio (Hardcover)
If the idea of a neat, orderly artist's studio with everything in Tupperware tubs makes you twitch; this book is for you. The photos seem to capture the studio in a state of divine chaos, nearly ankle-deep with art supplies, visual reference material, beloved and well-used books, paint-splattered walls, a grimey encrusted radiator. The place absolutely radiates activity, urgency, and exploration. Given that most of us cannot parade through the studios of our favorite artists, a book like this is the next best thing. As I flipped through the pages, I felt the crustiness of the surfaces, I caught the energy of the ideas, and almost felt I could sniff the scent of solvents and paints.I just completed a book about artist's studios and creative workspaces ("Art-Making & Studio Spaces" by Rockport/Quarry)and was intent on showing studios "as is". Somehow, viewing the places where art "happens" (including all the messes, oddities, and eccentricities) seems like an important part of revealing the process. "7 Reece Mews" is a wonderful book, and greatly added to the overall body of work, showing how vital and important artist's workspaces are. Highly recommended! |
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