Thursday, July 18, 2019

Contemporary Art: Francis Bacon: Couplings @ Gagosian London

 

(Drivebycuriosity) - (Drivebycuriosity) - "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder". I needed some time to discover the beauty of Francis Bacon`s works. At first I was irritated as I spotted his "Three Studies of Lucian Freud", a portrait of his late violent lover, who had once kicked him through a glass door. The painting sold for an auction record of $142 million (wikipedia).  But after seeing more of Bacon´s works I acquired a taste for his paintings. Thanks to his idiosyncratic style I can easily recognize "a Bacon" now.

Therefore I was happy to discover a Bacon exhibition in London.  Gagosian shows 2Francis Bacon: Couplings" @ their Grosvenor estate in Mayfair: "This selective exhibition explores a theme that preoccupied Bacon throughout his career: the relationship between two people, both physical and psychological" (gagosian).


 Above you can see "Two Figures with a Monkey" (1973, oil on canvas)


 

The images above demonstrate his obsession with power, muscles & body dynamic but also his capability to transform this into stunning paintings.

 

Above more examples






To be continued

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