Research Catalog

Title

Francis Bacon : Unsichtbare Räume = Invisible rooms / herausgegeben von Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Ina Conzen.

Author

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992

Publication

• Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Conzen, Ina
• Tate Gallery Liverpool, host institution.
• Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, host institution.

Description

256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 29 cm

Summary

This beautifully illustrated book on the work of Francis Bacon, one of the 20th century's greatest painters, takes an in-depth look at his trademark motif of figures imprisoned within ghostly frames. Arguably one of the most influential and original painters of the 20th century, Francis Bacon painted haunting portraits that employed themes of crucifixion, torment, and isolation. 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. Exhibition: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany (07.10.2016-08.01.2017).

Alternative Title

• Unsichtbare Räume
• Invisible rooms

Subjects

• Drawing, British
• Painting, British
• Drawing, British > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• 1900-1999
• Painting, British > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at Tate Liverpool, May 18-September 18, 2016, and at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, October 7, 2016-January 8, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Parallel text in German and English.

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.

Call Number

JQF 18-1522

ISBN

• 9783791355764
• 3791355767
• 9783791367071
• 3791367072

LCCN

2016952252

OCLC

952180567

Author

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992, artist.

Title

Francis Bacon : Unsichtbare Räume = Invisible rooms / herausgegeben von Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Ina Conzen.

Publisher

Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Parallel text in German and English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Conzen, Ina, editor.

Tate Gallery Liverpool, host institution.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 18-1522