This Week @ Farmlab Salons, Exhibitions, Performances, News Nov 13, 2009
This Week @ Farmlab Salons, Exhibitions, Performances, News - absolutearts. Complete Salon Schedule & Archive Features Upcoming and Updated Programming for a look at past, present, and future Farmlab Public Salons. (AbsoluteArts.com)
British critics lash amateurish Hirst paintings Oct 16, 2009
In The Times Rachel Campbell-Johnston sniffed: "The paintings are dreadful. Think Francis Bacon meets Adrian Mole.". Many saw it as an emperor-has-no-clothes moment for the self-styled ''bad boy'' of British art. (The Age, Australia)
Hirst's Worst? Oct 15, 2009
Think Francis Bacon meets Adrian Mole. So why are these works now hanging in the Wallace Collection. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Shake It :An Instant History of the Polaroid Oct 12, 2009
Other highlights include Andy Warhol's still-lifes of perfume bottles and shoes; the photographs that an avid shoe collector sticks on to her shoeboxes for ease of identification; portraits of Richard Hamilton who, since 1968, has invited artist friends including Warhol, Francis Bacon, Robert Rauschenberg and Man Ray to photograph him; Polaroids of casting sessions from leading model agency Storm; the mutilated, distorted, blurred self portraits by Lucas Samaras, who discovered the malleability... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Extreme bodies: Caravaggio and Bacon Oct 12, 2009
It is four hundred years since the death of the Italian painter Caravaggio and one hundred years since the birth of Francis Bacon. Duncan Kennedy reports from Rome. (BBC News)
Irving Penn, RIP Oct 9, 2009
Some of the greatest writers, artists, and musicians of the last half-century posed for Penn; among those in the Morgan show are W.H. Auden, Francis Bacon, Marcel Duchamp, Carson McCullers, Igor Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Penn is the natural heir to and , both of whom photographed cultural figures central to the early half of the 20th century for Vanity Fairand other lavish publications of the day. (Slate)
Art auction: Sep 25, 2009
Rawlin said the work dated from a time when Sutherland had a close working relationship with Francis Bacon, a contemporary who has gone on to become a "demi-god" of the art world. His pictures can command tens of millions of dollars. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Restless Energy On Canvas Aug 10, 2009
All this a century before Francis Bacon painted his imploding popes. You won't find any portraits of Alma Mahler here, but Kokoschka -- who signed much of his work with a big OK -- featured her in "Christian Love," the 1913 watercolor he made toward the end of their tumultuous three-year hook-up. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Does Plastic Art Last Forever? Jul 2, 2009
Francis Bacon at 100. Christopher Benfey | May 27, 2009. (Slate)
Jill Lepore: The fuss about parenthood. Jun 22, 2009
Parents Magazine and the fuss about parenthood: Books: The New Yorker. Parents Magazine, Clara Savage Littledale, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood (Norton; 23. (New Yorker)
Writer Peppiatt revisits Francis Bacon Jun 21, 2009
British writer Michael Peppiatt first published his widely appreciated biography of painter Francis Bacon in 1997 ... Apprised well in advance of the internationally touring Bacon retrospective currently at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peppiatt produced an even more absorbing revised version of his book, "Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma" (Skyehorse; 456 pages; $16. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Bath Fugues Jun 16, 2009
Francis Bacon - the painter, not the philosopher - is there and Samuel Beckett, too, of course. Besides, we hear a good deal about baths, bicycles and clepsydras, about kidney stones and jellyfish and also about literary theory and Chinese painters' disdain for perspective. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art.view: Hard times Jun 16, 2009
Last year Roman Abramovich purchased a Francis Bacon Triptych for $77m, which was only $3. 9m less than the total Christie s made from the sale of 49 contemporary art lots in New York in May. (The Economist)
Louis Menand: Should creative writing be taught? Jun 5, 2009
Peter Schjeldahl on Francis Bacon. Peter Schjeldahl on the paintings of Alice Neel. (New Yorker)
AFFECTION FOR SMALL COLLECTION Jun 5, 2009
Think of it not as a destination per se, but as a diverting side dish to the big plate of Francis Bacon the Met's serving upstairs. Dating as far back as the 11th century, they're made from clay, wood, beads, seeds and shells. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Vida y Drama' works retain their feel of mass impact Jun 5, 2009
Escobedo's features are distorted, and the effect, as in the portraiture of Pablo Picasso or Francis Bacon, is suggestive of extraordinary psychic pressures. Look out, too, for the only two examples of Siqueiros's work: a monumental head portrait of his friend and patron Mois. (Boston Globe)
Joan Acocella: Natalia Osipova breaks out. Jun 1, 2009
Russian Soul: Critic's Notebook: The New Yorker (New Yorker)
Hilton Als: The multifaceted Meredith Monk. Jun 1, 2009
Peter Schjeldahl on Francis Bacon. 00004000. (New Yorker)
The Raw Vision of Francis Bacon May 28, 2009
Francis Bacon at the Met ... Click to read a slide-show essay about Francis Bacon ... Francis Bacon at 100. (Slate)
Perez Zagorin, 88, historian of revolution, political unrest May 26, 2009
His 1999 book about the 17th-century English philosopher Francis Bacon was praised in the British Times Literary Supplement as "the best single-volume study available.". Mr. Zagorin also wrote about poet John Milton and the development of the idea of religious tolerance in Europe. (Boston Globe)
He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great? May 24, 2009
He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great ... He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great ... A Francis Bacon retrospective at the Met ranges from early works such as ''Study for Portrait I'' (1953), left, to late paintings including ''Figure in Movement'' (1985), right. (Boston Globe)
When Angry, Serve Bacon May 21, 2009
HAD Prozac been around 50 years ago, Francis Bacon's work might not have sizzled ... "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective" runs through Aug. 16 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street; metmuseum. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* [ART JOURNAL] : New York brings home the Bacon May 20, 2009
Francis Bacons view of human nature often used violent imagery and is cited as a major influence in modern art ... A Francis Bacon retrospective starting at the New York Metropolitan Museum today is not for the faint-hearted ... His wider appeal is a morbid fascination with the expression of violence in human nature, said Gary Tinterow, principal curator of Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective, which is the first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to the artist and includes... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Generation Skill May 20, 2009
New York, May 25The looks for "the benefits of distraction and overstimulation" resulting from a generation's technology-induced "attention crisis." An expert on multitasking sees "a cognitive plague that has the potential to wipe out an entire generation of focused and productive thought." Still, research also shows that we're "picking up new skills: better peripheral vision, the ability to sift information rapidly." We may flit back and forth among the eight different windows on our computer... (Slate)
Global art star May 14, 2009
About British painter Francis Bacon and his lover, a former small-time crook. Goya in Bordeaux (1999). (USA Today)
My Cry To The Youth Of My Party Apr 29, 2009
But before I proceed any further, may I humbly quote Francis Bacon on youth ... As Francis Bacon says, we as youth are fitter for execution than for counsel ... As Francis Bacon sought to say, youth are both positive and negative energy. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Could Portfolio Have Survived? Apr 28, 2009
It was constructed as a business publication that would cover business the way it looks like from inside a few officesat Cond Nast, a world where uberwealthy hedge-fund managers compete to have witty things to say about 7,000-word Tom Wolfe stories while they collect tips about the latest places to buy eight-figure Francis Bacon paintings. Not to saythat such people don't exist (or didn't once exist), but to imagine they formed the basis of a viable business magazine was to misunderstand... (Slate)
Wayne Thiebaud and the nature of illusion Apr 5, 2009
When the mature Thiebaud paints an open-face "Peanut Butter Sandwich" (2009), it looks like an allusion to Jasper Johns' famous lead relief "Bread" (1969), doctored by Francis Bacon. I doubt that Thiebaud thinks deliberately about such references, or even about his self-references. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Time for a heart to art Mar 28, 2009
The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Gabriella CoslovichMarch 28, 2009. (The Age, Australia)
Instant classic to become toast of London Mar 18, 2009
For Burke, who played Francis Bacon in Stephen Sewell's play Three Furies, When The Rain Stops Falling gives him another chance to step away from the musical roles that have characterised much of his career. "I'm looking forward to doing an Australian play in London and not have to burst into song," says Burke, who recently starred in The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A homecoming for Francis Bacon in Madrid Feb 24, 2009
On the afternoon of April 30, 1992, a plain coffin bearing the body of the Dublin-born painter Francis Bacon arrived at the brick and white-stone chapel of the vast Almudena Cemetery in Madrid. The artist then made the quiet exit he had sought. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lucian Freud paints wine label for French chateau Feb 24, 2009
Later, luminaries such as Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky and Francis Bacon contributed paintings. Freud's label for the 2006 vintage _ an image of a happy zebra head and a potted palm tree _ playfully echoes similar elements from his 1944 painting "The Painter's Room.". (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Art.view: Shock and the new Feb 15, 2009
The top lot of the evening, Francis Bacon s Man in Blue VI , also had trouble selling, despite the huge rise in the Bacon market and the fact that this picture was new to the market after nearly 40 years, which should have made it attractive to buyers. Dark and gloomy, it was later judged by Pilar Ordov;s, Christie s deputy chairman for post-war and contemporary art in Europe, as being perhaps too academic and priced too high. (The Economist)
Auction fails to sell Bacon work Feb 13, 2009
A Francis Bacon painting, which had been expected to fetch a price of up to 6m, has failed to sell at an auction in London. The 1954 artwork, called Man in Blue VI, was one of a series of seven paintings completed by the artist. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sigourney Weaver Says Ripley Would Be 'Pumped' To Be #2 Badass Feb 11, 2009
" In the years to come, Ripley's battles with that Alien (and its friends) would help Weaver launch a career that would take her to the top of the Hollywood A-list. "Those sketches of the Alien, geez, it was right out of Francis Bacon," she remembered of Scott's initial presentation. "I just had great confidence in Ridley; he just seemed out there to me, and I thought it'd be fun. " Now, 30 years (and four films) after she nearly skipped the audition, film buffs all over the world are still... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Pet week: Paws at the pews Feb 11, 2009
Bateman: The economy is like a Francis Bacon painting. responds to economic predictions from "The Oracle With Max Keiser.". (Salon)
Review: The Book of Dead Philosophers Feb 8, 2009
The philosopher Francis Bacon, that great champion of the empirical method, died of his own philosophy: In an effort to observe the effects of refrigeration, on a freezing cold day he stuffed a chicken with snow and caught pneumonia. As a philosopher dies, so he has lived and believed. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Peter Schjeldahl: A Marlene Dumas retrospective. Feb 8, 2009
She has been favored by a fashion for sensationalized moral seriousness which explains the recent prestige of Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud and of younger masters of sardonic melancholy, including Luc Tuymans, of Antwerp, and Neo Rauch, of Leipzig. Is this taste a self-flagellating compunction of the spendthrift rich. (New Yorker)
